Nature's Experiments and Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-357

  Morgan, Mary S ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

comparative cases; natural experiment; Nature's or Society's experiment; passive data; randomization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882664829     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393113489100     Document Type: Article

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