Toward policy-relevant benchmarks for interpreting effect sizes: Combining effects with costs

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-29

  Harris, Douglas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Economics of education; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349440956     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373708327524     Document Type: Article

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