A new approach to exploring biases in educational assessment

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 515-534

  Dennis, Ian ^a   Newstead, Stephen E ^a   Wright, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842639132     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1996.tb02606.x     Document Type: Article

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