A Euclidean distance-based matching procedure for non randomized comparison studies

European Psychologist

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 180-187

  Spiel, Christiane ^a   Lapka, Dominik ^a   Gradinger, Petra ^a   Zodlhofer, Eva Maria ^a   Reimann, Ralph ^a   Schober, Barbara ^a   Wagner, Petra ^b   Von Eye, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

e Learning; Euclidean distance; Matching; Nonexperimental design; Randomization

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249114066     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.13.3.180     Document Type: Article

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