Unit of observation in cross-cultural research: Implications for sampling and aggregated data analysis

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-31

  Denton, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregated data analysis; Cross cultural sample; Unit of observation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845974885     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397106291843     Document Type: Article

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