Best-Evidence Synthesis: An Alternative to Meta-Analytic and Traditional Reviews

Educational Researcher

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1986, Pages 5-11

  Slavin, Robert E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84973795616     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X015009005     Document Type: Article

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