The use of objective testing in first-year undergraduate accounting courses

Accounting Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-130

  Bence, David ^a   Lucas, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accounting; assessment; higher education; information technology; objective testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065377178     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639289600000014     Document Type: Article

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