Within-Group Research Designs: Going Beyond Program Evaluation Questions

Handbook of Organizational Performance: Behavior Analysis and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 81-137

  Komaki, Judith L ^a   Goltz, Sonia M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85138978683     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203048184-11     Document Type: Chapter

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