Research on Students’ Performance in Higher Education through Sequence Analysis

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE
Author/s Giampiero D'Alessandro, Alessandra Decataldo
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2016/110 Language English
Pages 22 P. 19-40 File size 2009 KB
DOI 10.3280/SR2016-110003
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Giampiero D'Alessandro, Alessandra Decataldo, Research on Students’ Performance in Higher Education through Sequence Analysis in "SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE " 110/2016, pp 19-40, DOI: 10.3280/SR2016-110003