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Learning What Works: A Guide to Opportunistic Experiments for Human Services Agencies

Jonathan McCay, Alicia Meckstroth, Lauren Akers, Alexandra Resch, Michelle Derr and Jillian Berk

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Abstract: This report introduces human services program operators to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and provides guidance on how to conduct them.

Keywords: opportunistic experiment; human services; randomized controlled trial; RTC; random assignment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13
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