Assessing and Improving Comprehension With Latent Semantic Analysis

Handbook of Latent Semantic Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 207-224

  Millis, Keith ^a   Magliano, Joseph ^a   Wiemer Hastings, Katja ^a   Todaro, Stacey ^a   McNamara, Danielle S ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936399-17     Document Type: Chapter

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