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APA

Ntumi, S., Agbenyo, S., & Bulala, T. (2022). Towards Understanding Test Score Pollution in Ghana: Test Preparation Practices, Test Administration Situations and External Factors as Predictors. Mediterranean Journal of Social & Behavioral Research, 6(3), 85-91. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/12323

Vancouver

Ntumi S, Agbenyo S, Bulala T. Towards Understanding Test Score Pollution in Ghana: Test Preparation Practices, Test Administration Situations and External Factors as Predictors. MEDITERR J SOC BEH RES. 2022;6(3):85-91. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/12323

AMA

Ntumi S, Agbenyo S, Bulala T. Towards Understanding Test Score Pollution in Ghana: Test Preparation Practices, Test Administration Situations and External Factors as Predictors. MEDITERR J SOC BEH RES. 2022;6(3), 85-91. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/12323

Chicago

Ntumi, Simon, Sheilla Agbenyo, and Tapela Bulala. "Towards Understanding Test Score Pollution in Ghana: Test Preparation Practices, Test Administration Situations and External Factors as Predictors". Mediterranean Journal of Social & Behavioral Research 2022 6 no. 3 (2022): 85-91. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/12323

Harvard

Ntumi, S., Agbenyo, S., and Bulala, T. (2022). Towards Understanding Test Score Pollution in Ghana: Test Preparation Practices, Test Administration Situations and External Factors as Predictors. Mediterranean Journal of Social & Behavioral Research, 6(3), pp. 85-91. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/12323

MLA

Ntumi, Simon et al. "Towards Understanding Test Score Pollution in Ghana: Test Preparation Practices, Test Administration Situations and External Factors as Predictors". Mediterranean Journal of Social & Behavioral Research, vol. 6, no. 3, 2022, pp. 85-91. https://doi.org/10.30935/mjosbr/12323