Judging the quality of primary research

The Hand. of Res. Synthesis and Meta-Analysis, 2nd Ed.

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 129-146

  Valentine, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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