Statistical applications in two leading educational administration journals

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 508-520

  Byrd, Jimmy ^a   Eddy, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence limits; Educational administration; Quantitative methods; Serials

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349645153     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230910967473     Document Type: Article

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