Statistics and Methodology Courses: Interdepartmental Variability in Undergraduate Majors' First Enrollments

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-30

  Lauer, Joan B ^a   Rajecki, D W ^a   Minke, Karl A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 33644542156     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328023top3301_6     Document Type: Article

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