Outcomes assessment in sociology: Prevalence and impact

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 403-413

  Wagenaar, Theodore C ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036806107     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3211501     Document Type: Review

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