How sound is NSSE? investigating the psychometric properties of NSSE at a public, research-extensive institution

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-103

  Campbell, Corbin M ^a   Cabrera, Alberto F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 80052604414     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2011.0035     Document Type: Article

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