The ecstasy and the agony of collecting sociometric data in public school classrooms: Challenges, community concerns, and pragmatic solutions

Ethical Issues in Community-Based Research with Children and Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 93-110

  Underwood, Marion K ^a   Mayeux, Lara ^b   Risser, Scott ^a   Harper, Bridgette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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