Conducting statistical tests with data from clustered school samples

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-124

  Dorman, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classroom research; Effect of clustering; Statistical testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649106906     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437270802124368     Document Type: Article

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