Adding Value in Educational Research - The marriage of data and analytical power

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 749-765

  Schagen, Ian ^a   Hutchison, Dougal ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0142215378     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192032000133659     Document Type: Review

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