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Reliability and Validity of Student Evaluations: Testing Models Versus Survey Research Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Hugh Hinton
Hugh Hinton*
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The University of Toledo
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , September 1993 , pp. 562 - 569
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1993

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I would like to acknowledge my colleagues Professors Lynn Bachelor and David Wilson, who provided assistance and advice for this paper.

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