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Jeri Mulrow

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Tipton E. and Olsen R.B. (2018).

A review of statistical methods for generalizing from evaluations of educational interventions.

Educational Researcher, 47(8), 516-524.

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Brick J.M. (2018).

Sampling to minimize nonresponse bias.

In D.L. Vannette and J.A. Krosnick (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of survey research (pp. 23-28). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Olsen R.B., Bell S.H., and Nichols A. (2018).

Using preferred applicant random assignment (PARA) to reduce randomization bias in randomized trials of discretionary programs.

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 37(1), 167-180.

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