The effect of measurement errors on apparent group level effects in educational progress

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-424

  Hutchison, Dougal ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

education; errors in variables; group level effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 5044222896     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QUQU.0000043116.22582.fd     Document Type: Article

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