Feasible, Rigorous, and Relevant: Validation of a Measure of Friendship Homophily for Diverse Classrooms

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 817-851

  McCormick, Meghan P ^a   Cappella, Elise ^a   Hughes, Diane L ^a   Gallagher, Emily K ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

friendship; gender; homophily; measurement; peer networks; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937219587     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431614547051     Document Type: Article

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