From Curriculum Guidelines to Learning Outcomes: Assessment at the Program Level

American Statistician

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 409-416

  Chance, Beth ^a   Peck, Roxy ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning outcomes; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952774072     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2015.1077730     Document Type: Article

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