The use of minimization to form comparison groups in educational research

Educational Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-337

  Torgerson, Carole J ^a   Torgerson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational research; Minimization; Random allocation; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548337079     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690701423267     Document Type: Article

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