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Social Policy Experimentation

A Position Paper

Richard A. Berk

University of California, Santa Barbara

Robert F. Boruch

Northwestern University

David L. Chambers

University of Michigan

Peter H. Rossi

University of Massachusetts

Ann D. Witte

Wellesley College

We 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.

Evaluation Review, Vol. 9, No. 4, 387-429 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8500900401
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