The effects of a translation bias on the scores for the basic economics test

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-148

  Hahn, Jinsoo ^a   Jang, Kyungho ^b  

^a Gyeongin National University of Education   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BET; economic understanding; translation bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859787960     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2012.659641     Document Type: Article

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