Strategies to Approximate Random Sampling and Assignment

by Patrick Dattalo

Book Overview

Random sampling and random assignment are considered by many researchers to be the definitive methodological procedures for maximizing external and internal validity. However, there is a daunting list of legal, ethical, and practical barriers to implementing random sampling and random assignment. While there are no easy ways to overcome these barriers, social workers should seek and utilize strategies that minimize sampling and assignment bias. These...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195378350
• ISBN13: 9780195378351
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.1"