MULTIPLE REGRESSION AS A FLEXIBLE ALTERNATIVE to ANOVA in L2 RESEARCH

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 579-592

  Plonsky, Luke ^a   Oswald, Frederick L ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84995792499     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263116000231     Document Type: Article

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