Efficiency, Bias, and Classification Schemes: A Response to Alan B. Krueger and Pei Zhu

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 699-717

  Peterson, Paul E ^a   Howell, William G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Randomized field trials; School vouchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348017053     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764203260158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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