Chapter 9: Questions and Answers in the Measurement of Change

Review of Research in Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 345-422

  Willett, John B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84970749556     PISSN: 0091732X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0091732X015001345     Document Type: Article

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