Leveling the playing field: Should student evaluation scores be adjusted?

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 868-881

  McPherson, Michael A ^a   Jewell, R Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 34547344293     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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