Time to degree: Factors related to years in earning a doctorate

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-82

  Rent, George S ^a   Anderson, Bradley J ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030537403     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732173.1996.9982120     Document Type: Article

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