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Backfill Technique

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-002621

Techniques used in cumulative case studies to collect information needed if the study is to be usable for aggregation; these techniques include, for example, obtaining missing information from the authors on how instances studied were identified and selected.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-002621
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesProgram Evaluation Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002621",
  "term": "Backfill Technique",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Techniques used in cumulative case studies to collect information needed if the study is to be usable for aggregation; these techniques include, for example, obtaining missing information from the authors on how instances studied were identified and selected.",
  "references": [
    "Program Evaluation Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/backfill-technique/"
}

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