Choosing and planning ethical evaluations

Readings

• “Generating random numbers”
• “The ultimate guide to generating synthetic data for causal inference”
• Paul Hünermund and Beyers Louw, “On the Nuisance of Control Variables in Regression Analysis” (October 1, 2020), https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.10314. (click on the PDF link in the right sidebar)
• “Types of Evaluation,” National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Chapters 11–13 in Impact Evaluation in Practice Paul J. Gertler et al., Impact Evaluation in Practice, 2nd ed. (Inter-American Development Bank; World Bank, 2016), https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/25030.

Slides

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• Introduction
• Types of evaluations
• Model- and design-based inference
• Ethics and open science

Videos

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• Introduction
• Types of evaluations
• Model- and design-based inference
• Ethics and open science

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