An economic analysis of the use of student evaluations: Implications for universities

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Kanagaretnam, Kiridaran ^a   Mathieu, Robert ^b   Thevaranjan, Alex ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 16244411959     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1099     Document Type: Article

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