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Randomized controlled trials

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Applied to The accidental experiment that saved 700 lives (IRS & health insurance) by Lizka at 2mo

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Applied to Why randomized controlled trials matter by Lizka at 3mo

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Applied to Against cash benchmarking for global development RCTs by EdoArad at 3mo

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BibliographyFurther reading

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Applied to What are some affordable RCT research organizations? by brb243 at 6mo

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Applied to Maha Rehman on working with governments to rapidly deliver masks to millions of people by Heidi_Basarab at 8mo

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Applied to EA movement building: Should you run an experiment? by Jamie_Harris at 9mo

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Applied to EA Market Testing by david_reinstein at 9mo

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Applied to David Rhys Bernard: Estimating long-term effects without long-term data by MichaelA at 1y

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Karnofsky, Holden (2012) How we evaluate a study, The GiveWell Blog, August ~~23.~~23 (updated 2 September 2016).

Pablo v1.6.0May 3rd 2021 (+420/-53) adding references 2

Bouguen, Adrien et al. (2019) Using randomized controlled trials to estimate long-run impacts in development economics, Annual Review of Economics, vol. 11, pp. 523–561.

~~Wikipedia (2021)~~Ogden, Timothy (2020) ~~Randomized controlled trial~~RCTs in development economics, their critics and their evolution, ~~Wikipedia~~.in Florent Bédécarrats, Isabelle Guérin & François Roubaud (eds.) Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 126–151.

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Applied to Ruth Levine and Caitlin Tulloch: The good, the bad, and the ugly of evidence-informed decision making in global development by Maria Shakhova at 1y

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Applied to Mitch Riley: A/B testing foreign aid by Maria Shakhova at 1y

Leo v1.5.0Apr 27th 2021 (+83/-45) 1

Further readingBibliography

Karnofsky, ~~Holden. 2016.~~Holden (2012) How we evaluate a study., The GiveWell Blog, August 23.

~~Wikipedia. 2016.~~Wikipedia (2021) Randomized controlled trial, Wikipedia.

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Applied to Roy Head: How to put your own charity to the test by Maria Shakhova at 1y

Aaron Gertler v1.4.0Apr 12th 2021 (-67) 2

~~How GiveWell decides how much weight to place on an academic study.~~

Aaron Gertler v1.2.0Apr 12th 2021 (+177) 2

Further reading

Karnofsky, Holden. 2016. How we evaluate a study. How GiveWell decides how much weight to place on an academic study.

Wikipedia. 2016. Randomized controlled trial.

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Applied to The limits of RCTs in international development by Chi at 1y

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Applied to Materials regarding RCTs and SWB by Chi at 1y

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Applied to Lant Pritchett's "smell test": is your impact evaluation asking questions that matter? by David Rhys Bernard at 1y