Comment: The design and analysis of gold standard randomized experiments

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 484, 2008, Pages 1350-1353

  Rubin, Donald B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 72749118438     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214508000001011     Document Type: Note

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