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A Reply to Mayo's Criticisms of Urbach's “Randomization and the Design of Experiments”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Peter Urbach
Peter Urbach*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, The London School of Economics
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Abstract

Mayo (1987) sought to discredit Urbach's (1985) arguments against randomization as a universal requirement in clinical and agricultural trials. The present reply rebuts Mayo's criticisms.

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Discussion
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 125 - 128
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 The Philosophy of Science Association

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