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Measuring citizen evaluations of services amidst community change

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Louisville, 40208, Louisville, Kentucky

    Stanley A. Murrell & Paul Schulte

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Appreciation is expressed to Dr. Joseph Aponte for his helpful comments on this paper.

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Murrell, S.A., Schulte, P. Measuring citizen evaluations of services amidst community change. Am J Commun Psychol 8, 387–400 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00912852

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