The delayed birth of social experiments

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1-21

  Brown, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experimental design; History of psychology; James McKeen Cattell; Social experimentation; Unplanned innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346446060     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095269519701000201     Document Type: Article

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