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The manchester statistical society and the foundation of social science research

Radford lecture presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education. Armidale, New South Wales, December, 1988

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Selleck, R.J.W. The manchester statistical society and the foundation of social science research. Aust. Educ. Res. 16, 1–15 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03219431

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