{"id":3494,"date":"2020-02-15T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T22:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/?p=3494"},"modified":"2020-04-29T20:42:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T00:42:54","slug":"course-text-running-randomized-evaluations-a-practical-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/content-type\/course-text-running-randomized-evaluations-a-practical-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Text: <i> Running Randomized Evaluations: A Practical Guide <\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Running-Randomized-Evaluations-Practical-Guide\/dp\/0691159270\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Running+Randomized+Evaluations%3A+A+Practical+Guide&amp;qid=1581805351&amp;sr=8-1\" title=\"&lt;em&gt; Running Randomized Evaluations: A Practical Guide &lt;\/em&gt;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t<em> Running Randomized Evaluations: A Practical Guide <\/em>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h1>\n<h4>\n\t\twritten by Rachel Glennerster and Kudzai Takavarasha\n\t<\/h4>\n\t<p>This book is a required text for the spring CDE elective, Program Evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>The chapters cover topics such as the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Experimental Approach<\/li>\n<li>Why Randomize?<\/li>\n<li>Asking the Right Questions<\/li>\n<li>Randomizing<\/li>\n<li>Outcomes and Instruments<\/li>\n<li>Statistical Power<\/li>\n<li>Threats<\/li>\n<li>Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Drawing Policy Lessons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Assigned portions include part of chapters 2, 4, 7, and 9.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Running-Randomized-Evaluations-Practical-Guide\/dp\/0691159270\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Running+Randomized+Evaluations%3A+A+Practical+Guide&amp;qid=1581805351&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView the book on Amazon\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/chapters\/s10085.pdf\" 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