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

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.

Type
Discussion
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 The Philosophy of Science Association

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