Reliability of the Canadian incidence study data collection instrument

Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-112

  Knoke, Della ^a   Trocmé, Nico ^b   MacLaurin, Bruce ^b   Fallon, Barbara ^a  

^a McGill University ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 78349263566     PISSN: 08341516     EISSN: 00077720     Source Type: Journal    
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