Factors infl uencing performance in economics: Graphs and quantitative usage

International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 334-340

  Benedict, Mary Ellen ^a   Hoag, John ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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