Establishing a standardization sample for accounting students' dit scores: A meta-analysis

Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-21

  Bernardi, Richard A ^a   Bean, David F ^b  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b B D and C Academic Consulting   (United States)

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EID: 78049313792     PISSN: 15740765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0765(07)00201-4     Document Type: Article

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