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David A. Goslin is executive director of the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Academy of Sciences. He was a staff officer of the Russell Sage Foundation; and is the author of two books on the social consequences of standardized testing, a textbook on the sociology of education, and editor of the Handbook of Socialization Theory and Research.
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Goslin, D.A. Decision making and the social fabric. Society 22, 7–11 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695374
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