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Peer reviewedEdgington, Eugene S. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1985
Explains the characteristics and importance of random assignment in experimental research on education. Considers factors supporting causal inferences, the nature of "assignment units," differences between random sampling and random assignment, the characteristics of randomization tests, forms of random assignment, and effects of experimental…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Educational Research, Experimental Groups, Research Design
