Inferential statistics and the use of administrative data in US educational research

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 214-220

  Gibbs, Benjamin G ^a   Shafer, Kevin ^a   Miles, Aaron ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative data; inference; regression; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948776996     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2015.1113249     Document Type: Article

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