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Summative assessment: dealing with the ‘measurement fallacy’. / Yorke, Mantz.
In: Studies in Higher Education, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2011, p. 251-273.

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Yorke M. Summative assessment: dealing with the ‘measurement fallacy’. Studies in Higher Education. 2011;36(3):251-273. doi: 10.1080/03075070903545082

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Yorke, Mantz. / Summative assessment : dealing with the ‘measurement fallacy’. In: Studies in Higher Education. 2011 ; Vol. 36, No. 3. pp. 251-273.

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