External Validity

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 617-622

  Leviton, Laura C ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Complexity; Construct validity; Decision maker; External validity; Generalization; Induction; Internal validity; Literature review; Meta analysis; Practice; Program; Sampling; Uncertainty reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017130493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.44025-0     Document Type: Chapter

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