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APA

van Appel, V., & Durandt, R. (2018). Dissimilarities in Attitudes between Students in Service and Mainstream Courses towards Statistics: An Analysis Conducted in a Developing Country. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(8), em1565. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91912

Vancouver

van Appel V, Durandt R. Dissimilarities in Attitudes between Students in Service and Mainstream Courses towards Statistics: An Analysis Conducted in a Developing Country. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(8):em1565. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91912

AMA

van Appel V, Durandt R. Dissimilarities in Attitudes between Students in Service and Mainstream Courses towards Statistics: An Analysis Conducted in a Developing Country. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(8), em1565. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91912

Chicago

van Appel, Vaughan, and Rina Durandt. "Dissimilarities in Attitudes between Students in Service and Mainstream Courses towards Statistics: An Analysis Conducted in a Developing Country". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2018 14 no. 8 (2018): em1565. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91912

Harvard

van Appel, V., and Durandt, R. (2018). Dissimilarities in Attitudes between Students in Service and Mainstream Courses towards Statistics: An Analysis Conducted in a Developing Country. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(8), em1565. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91912

MLA

van Appel, Vaughan et al. "Dissimilarities in Attitudes between Students in Service and Mainstream Courses towards Statistics: An Analysis Conducted in a Developing Country". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 8, 2018, em1565. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91912