Experimental evaluations

Content for Thursday, October 19, 2023

Videos

Please watch the following from this YouTube playlist.

• Randomized Trials: The Ideal Weapon
• How to Read Economics Research Papers: Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)

You can also watch the playlist (and skip around to different sections) here:

Readings

• Chapter 4 in Running Randomized Evaluations (Glennerster and Takavarasha 2013)
• Chapter 4 in Methods Matter (Murnane and Willett 2011)

Slides

On the day of class, you will find my slides on Canvas.

References

Glennerster, Rachel, and Kudzai Takavarasha. 2013. Running Randomized Evaluations: A Practical Guide. Princeton: Princeton University Press. http://runningres.com/.

Murnane, Richard J., and John B. Willett. 2011. Methods Matter: Improving Causal Inference in Educational and Social Science Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press.