Quasi‐experimentation in a critical multiplist mode
New Directions for Program EvaluationPublished 1 September 1986
William R. Shadish, Thomas D. Cook, Arthur C. Houts
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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.
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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.
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