Quasi-Experimentation: Design & Analysis Issues for Field Settings

405 pp., xii. '1' in number line. Following the Preface, Contents divided into 8 Chapters: (1) "Causal Inference and the Language of Experimentation"; (2) "Validity"; (3) "Quasi-Experiments: Nonequivalent Control Group Designs"; (4) "The Statistical analysis of Data from Nonequivalent Group Designs" [by Charles S. Reichardt]; (5) "Quasi-Experiments: Interrupted Time Series Designs"; (6) "The Statistical analysis of the Simple Interrupted Time-Series Quasi-Experiment"; (7) "Inferring Cause from Passive Observation"; (8) "The Conduct of Randomized Experiments"; References, pp. 387-396; Name Index, pp. 397-399; Subject Index, pp. 401-405. // Glossy black and white wrappers with front cover illustration of a line graph and a pair of peering eyes on front cover; Title lettering in White across top front cover; Author name lettering in smaller white letters at lower left front cover. Only peccadilloes: 4" thin, intermittent line of surface rubbing/color loss on lower right spine edge; very small rubbing to top right spine corner: describes worse than it is but there you have it. Else As New: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO wear, bumps of curls); NO remainder marks; NO real rubbing wear; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Crisp. Despite peccadilloes, appears, Essentially, Flawless. UNREAD. Arguably, Gift-Giving condition or you will need new friends.…