Statistical tests conducted with school environment data: The effect of teachers being clustered in schools

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-99

  Dorman, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effect of clustering; School environment; Statistical testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349160466     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-009-9054-y     Document Type: Article

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