Estimating first-year student attrition rates: An application of multilevel modeling using categorical variables

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 151-170

  Patrick, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multilevel modeling; Student attrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035315078     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026521519201     Document Type: Article

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