Causal Inference in Non-Experimental Educational Policy Research

Handbook of Education Policy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 139-153

  Kaplan, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203880968-15     Document Type: Chapter

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