On Tests of Validity and Social Class: Why Prandy and Blackburn are Wrong

Sociology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 189-202

  Evans, Geoffrey ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993746897     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038598032001011     Document Type: Article

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