In Pursuit of Balance : Randomization in Practice in Development Field Experiments

In Pursuit of Balance : Randomization in Practice in Development Field Experiments

Randomized experiments are increasingly used in development economics, with researchers now facing the question of not just whether to randomize, but how to do so. Pure random assignment guarantees that the treatment and control groups will have id...

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Main Authors: Bruhn, Miriam, McKenzie, David
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ALTERNATIVE APPROACH
BOOTSTRAP
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
ECONOMIC MODELS
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
ESTIMATORS
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
EXTERNALITIES
FIELD EXPERIMENTS
INCOME
LINEAR MODELS
LINEAR REGRESSION
LOTTERIES
METHODOLOGY
MINIMIZATION
MISSING OBSERVATIONS
NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRECISION
PROBABILITY
PROGRAMS
RANDOMIZATION
RESEARCH PAPERS
RESEARCH REPORT
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
RESEARCHERS
RISK AVERSION
SAMPLE SIZE
SCENARIO
SCENARIOS
SCIENTISTS
SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
SIMULATION
SIMULATIONS
STANDARD DEVIATIONS
STANDARD ERRORS
STATA
STATA CODE
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
STATISTICAL METHODS
STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE
STATISTICAL TESTS
TECHNIQUES
VALIDITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9938284/pursuit-balance-randomization-practice-development-field-experiments
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6910

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9938284/pursuit-balance-randomization-practice-development-field-experiments
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6910

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