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Social Policy Experimentation
dc.contributor.authorBerk, Richarden_US
dc.contributor.authorBoruch, Roberten_US
dc.contributor.authorChambers, David L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRossi, Peteren_US
dc.contributor.authorWitte, Annen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:45:35Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:45:35Z
dc.date.issued1985en_US
dc.identifier.citationBerk, Richard; Boruch, Robert; Chambers, David; Rossi, Peter; Witte, Ann (1985). "Social Policy Experimentation." Evaluation Review 9(4): 387-429. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67734>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0193-841Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67734
dc.description.abstractWe review the argumentsfor and against randomized field experiments design to address important questions of social policy. Based on this review, we make a number of recommendations about how the use of randomized field experiments might be fostered.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleSocial Policy Experimentationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of California, Santa Barbaraen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherNorthwestern Universityen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Massachusettsen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherWellesley Collegeen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67734/2/10.1177_0193841X8500900401.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0193841X8500900401en_US
dc.identifier.sourceEvaluation Reviewen_US
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