Assessing Sociological Knowledge: A First Try

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 232-238

  Wagenaar, Theodore C ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442455688     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0403200209     Document Type: Review

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