Is there a shortage of quantitative work in education research?

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-395

  Gorard, Stephen ^a   Rushforth, Katie ^b   Taylor, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042684496     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305498042000260494     Document Type: Review

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