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Designing and Running Randomized Evaluations
- 12 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
- Starts on October 4, 2021
- Ends on December 21, 2021
Course details
Syllabus
JPAL 102x – Designing and Running Randomized Evaluations
Week One: Introduction & Randomized Evaluation Design I
Week Two: Randomized Evaluation Design II
Week Three: Sampling and Sample Size
Week Four: Measurement I (Intro, Sensitive Topics, Market Activity)
Week Five: Measurement II (Welfare, Health, Networks)
Week Six: Measurement III (Behavior, Education, Gender and Empowerment)
Week Seven: Data Collection & Management I (Questionnaire Design)
Week Eight: Data Collection & Management II (Logistics and Monitoring)
Week Nine: Data Collection & Management III (Managing Data)
Week Ten: Research Integrity, Transparency, and Reproducibility I
Week Eleven: Research Integrity, Transparency, and Reproducibility II
Prerequisite
Although not required, prior familiarity with basic statistical concepts is recommended.
Instructors
Esther Duflo
Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
MIT
Rachel Glennerster
Former Executive Director
J-PAL
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