Choosing a proxy for academic aptitude

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-147

  Grove, Wayne A ^a   Wasserman, Tim ^b   Grodner, Andrew ^c  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methodology; Proxy variables; Student learning; Undergraduate economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646400547     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.37.2.131-147     Document Type: Article

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