An analytical approach to study educational inequalities: 10 hypothesis tests in PIRLS 2006

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-30

  Caro, Daniel H ^a   Lenkeit, Jenny ^b  

^a IEA Data Processing and Research Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

hierarchical linear models; Progress in International Reading Literacy Study; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860321256     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2012.666718     Document Type: Article

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