Reporting methodological items in randomized experiments in political science

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 628, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-131

  Boutron, Isabelle ^a   John, Peter ^b   Torgerson, David J ^c  

^a Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c York Trials Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

CONSORT; Field experiments; Trials; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649247480     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716209351518     Document Type: Article

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