Towards a judgement-based statistical analysis

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-80

  Gorard, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 29244477268     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690500376663     Document Type: Article

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