Randomized experiments as the bronze standard

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-433

  Berk, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Field experiments; Randomized experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746900772     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-005-3538-2     Document Type: Article

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