Experimentation in Political Science

The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Morton, Rebecca B ^a   Williams, Kenneth C ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles heel; Causal inferences; Experimental political science; Experimentation; External validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924066148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286546.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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