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Setting up social experiments: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Barnow, Burt S. - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 43 (2010) 2, pp. 91-105
"It is widely agreed that randomized controlled trials - social experiments - are the gold standard for evaluating social programs. There are, however, many important issues that cannot be tested using social experiments, and often things go wrong when conducting social experiments. This paper...
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Replication issues in social experiments: lessons from US labor market programs
Barnow, Burt S.; Greenberg, David - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2013) 3, pp. 239-252
"When evaluating a pilot or demonstration program, there are risks from drawing inferences from a single test. This paper reviews the experiences of replication efforts from demonstrations using randomized controlled trials in the initial evaluation and the replications. Although replications of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731986
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Setting up social experiments: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Barnow, Burt S. - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 43 (2010) 2, pp. 91-105
"It is widely agreed that randomized controlled trials - social experiments - are the gold standard for evaluating social programs. There are, however, many important issues that cannot be tested using social experiments, and often things go wrong when conducting social experiments. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731996
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Replication issues in social experiments: lessons from US labor market programs
Barnow, Burt S.; Greenberg, David - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2013) 3, pp. 239-252
"When evaluating a pilot or demonstration program, there are risks from drawing inferences from a single test. This paper reviews the experiences of replication efforts from demonstrations using randomized controlled trials in the initial evaluation and the replications. Although replications of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010710579
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Risk as feelings in the effect of patient outcomes on physicians' future treatment decisions: A randomized trial and manipulation validation
Hemmerich, Joshua A.; Elstein, Arthur S.; Schwarze, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 2, pp. 367-376
' negative treatment outcomes on physicians' subsequent treatment decisions. Two experiments at The University of Chicago, U.S.A … successful operation (SO), as well as the statistical treatment guidelines for AAA. Experiment 1 tested effects of these … valence and arousal of the AAA rupture simulation and other emotion-inducing picture stimuli. Experiment 2 tested two …
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An analysis of the credit rating agencies
D'Amato, Stephen - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 6 (2014) 3, pp. 258-283
rating methodology and assess the ratings of these agencies in regards to Greece, France, and the USA. …
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Transfer students from two-year institutions to four-year institutions at the course-level: a case of minority students population
Kagochi, John; Durmaz, Nazif - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 5 (2014) 3, pp. 257-266
This paper empirically investigates the performance of transfer students from two-year colleges to four-year institutions at the course-level, especially colleges with significant minority student population. Advantages of looking at transfer student's performance at the course level are;...
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The financial contagion effects of the subprime crisis on BRIC countries
Hmida, Mourad - In: International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting 6 (2014) 3, pp. 175-188
phenomenon between the financial markets of the USA, Brazil, Russia, India and China during the current crisis. …
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Designing a large-scale emergency logistics network - a case study for Kentucky
Umut Rıfat Tuzkaya; Heragu, Sunderesh S.; Evans, … - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 8 (2014) 4, pp. 513-532
During a medical emergency in the USA, critical medical supplies such as medications, vaccines, gloves, masks and …
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Oil spills: are corporations responsible for protecting the environment? USA and Africa
Wrigley, Eric - In: African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development 3 (2014) 3, pp. 237-253
The purpose of this paper is to answer the following question: are corporations responsible for protecting the environment? In order to answer this question, this paper addresses the following topics: major oil spills, corporate social responsibility, corporate social irresponsibility,...
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