Using statistics in small-scale language education research: Focus on non-parametric data

Using Statistics in Small-Scale Language Education Research: Focus on Non-Parametric Data

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-344

  Turner, Jean L ^a  

^a MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

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EID: 84911074677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203526927     Document Type: Book

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