Statistics anxiety among female african american graduate-level social work students

Journal of Teaching in Social Work

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 143-158

  Davis, Sarita ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Female; Social work; Statistics anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846483927     PISSN: 08841233     EISSN: 15407349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J067v23n03_12     Document Type: Article

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