Proportional hazards models of graduation

Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-232

  Chimka, Justin R ^a,d   Reed Rhoads, Teri ^b   Barker, Kash ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d 4207 Bell Engineering Center ^*  (United States)

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EID: 41149146109     PISSN: 15210251     EISSN: 15414167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/CS.9.2.f     Document Type: Article

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