Variations in academic performance trajectories during high school transition: Exploring change profiles via multidimensional scaling growth profile analysis

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-319

  Ding, Cody S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of population heterogeneity; MDS model for growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449088567     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610802249357     Document Type: Review

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