Coherence between text comments and the quantitative ratings in the UK’s National Student Survey

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 16-29

  Langan, A Mark ^a   Scott, Nick ^b   Partington, Shobana ^a   Oczujda, Agnieszka ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

educational ratings; Satisfaction; student surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923249991     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2014.1000281     Document Type: Article

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