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    Background, Technical Issues, and Methods of Data Analysis

    Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
    Winner of the 2017 AERA Division D Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology Award! Technological and statistical advances, along with a strong interest in gathering more information about the state of our educational systems, have made it possible to assess more students, in more countries, more often, and in more subject domains. The Handbook of International ... Read more

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    Series series Multivariate Applications Series
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