Potential utility of actuarial methods for identifying specific learning disabilities

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 538-550

  Benson, Nicholas ^a   Newman, Isadore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955611232     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20489     Document Type: Article

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