Aggregate versus disaggregate data in measuring school quality

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-289

  Richter, Francisca G C ^a   Brorsen, B Wade ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data aggregation; Error components; School quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745047569     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-7644-6     Document Type: Article

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