Factors that affect the physical science career interest of female students: Testing five common hypotheses

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hazari, Zahra ^a,b   Potvin, Geoff ^a,b   Lock, Robynne M ^b   Lung, Florin ^c   Sonnert, Gerhard ^d   Sadler, Philip M ^d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 84887109831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15549178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.9.020115     Document Type: Article

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