Design Issues and Inference in Experimental L2 Research

Language Learning

Volumn 65, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 76-96

  Hudson, Thom ^a   Llosa, Lorena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inferences; Experimental research; External validity; Internal validity; L2 research; Research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929869264     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lang.12113     Document Type: Article

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