Program strength and fidelity in evaluation

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 55-61

  Summerfelt, Wm Thomas ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14744277032     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532480XADS0702_2     Document Type: Article

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