Modeling undergraduate engineering outcomes

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2 SPEC., 2002, Pages 128-139

  Besterfield Sacre, Mary ^a   Shuman, Larry J ^a   Wolfe, Harvey ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING PROGRAMS;

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL RATING; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036005316     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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