Class size and student evaluations in Sweden

Education Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-28

  Westerlund, Joakim ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Class size; Ordered regression analysis; Student evaluations

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 37249010693     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290701419532     Document Type: Article

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