Quasi‐experimentation in a critical multiplist mode
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in New Directions for Program Evaluation
- Vol. 1986 (31) , 29-46
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ev.1432
Abstract
Since it is usually the case that no defensible option for performing a task within quasi‐experimentation is unbiased, it is desirable to select several options that reflect biases in different directions. This aim is to avoid constant biases and to overlook only those biases that can be considered least plausible.Keywords
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