Heterogeneous Effects in Education: The Promise and Challenge of Incorporating Intersectionality Into Quantitative Methodological Approaches

Review of Research in Education

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 72-92

  Schudde, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 85045199358     PISSN: 0091732X     EISSN: 19351038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0091732X18759040     Document Type: Article

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