Why a trade-off? The relationship between the external and internal validity of experiments

Theoria-Revista De Teoria Historia Y Fundamentos De La Ciencia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-321

  Jiménez Buedo, María ^a   Miller, Luis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Experimental economics; Experiments; External validity; Internal validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149420519     PISSN: 04954548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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