Can quality of family day care provision in england be assessed accurately using the family day care rating scale? A report on reliability

Educational Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 329-334

  Rowland, Linda ^a   Munton, Anthony G ^a   Mooney, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85064310230     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144341960160309     Document Type: Article

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