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Case Studies

LEC # TOPICS CASE STUDIES
2 Why Randomize? Get out the Vote: Do phone calls to encourage voting work? Why Randomize? (PDF)
3 How to Randomize I Remedial Education in India: Evaluating the Balsakhi program; Incorporating random assignment into the program (PDF)
5 Measurement and Outcomes Women as Policy Makers: Measuring the effects of political reservations; Thinking about measurement and outcomes (PDF)
7 Managing Threats to Evaluation and Data Analysis Deworming in Kenya: Managing threats to experimental integrity (PDF)