Using success to measure quality in British higher education: Which subjects attract the best-qualified students?

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-347

  Leslie, Derek ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Measures; Quality of subject

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141992131     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00280     Document Type: Article

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