Quasi-Experimental Control Group Methods for Geographical Research

本研究的目的是开发适合于地理学研究的准实验控制组方法。未发生某些感兴趣的事件的一组地方(类似于实验设计中的不处理)将被选为确实发生某些事情(类似于处理)的地方的控制组。将审查大约100个案例研究应用程序，以确定是否可以满足简单的准实验方法的假设。在地理准实验对照方法被抽象开发和检验之后，它们将被应用于区域经济发展中的实质性研究问题，以确定其作为基础研究方法的价值。

The objective of this research is to develop quasi-experimental control group methods that are well suited to geographical research. A group of places where some event of interest did not occur (analagous to no treatment in an experimental design) will be selected as a control group for places where something did occur (analagous to treatment). Approximately 100 case study applications will be examined to determine whether the assumptions of simple quasi-experimental methods can be satisfied. After the geographic quasi-experimental control group methods have been developed and tested in the abstract, they will be applied to substantive research issues in regional economic development to determine their value as a basic research technique.