Bac and beer: Operationalizing drunk driving laws in a research methods course exercise

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-228

  Taylor, Ralph B ^a   McConnell, Patrick ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035531090     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1318719     Document Type: Article

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