Editorial: The need for randomized trials in social research

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Fitz Gibbon, Carol ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1542403914     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0964-1998.2003.02047.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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