Addressing self-selection bias in quasi-experimental evaluations of whole-school reform: A comparison of methods

Evaluation Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 545-572

  Bifulco, Robert ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK CITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036782143     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019384102236523     Document Type: Article

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