Quasi-Experimental Research Designs

Quasi-Experimental Research Designs

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-216

  Thyer, Bruce A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation research; Pre experiments; Program evaluation; Quasi experimental designs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879089623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195387384.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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