Estimators for Clustered Education RCTs Using the Neyman Model for Causal Inference

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 219-238

  Schochet, Peter Z ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

experimental design; program evaluation; research methodology; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877982981     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998611432176     Document Type: Article

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