An Approach for Addressing the Multiple Testing Problem in Social Policy Impact Evaluations

Peter Z. Schochet

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Abstract: In social policy evaluations, the multiple testing problem occurs due to the many hypothesis tests typically conducted across multiple outcomes and subgroups, which can lead to spurious impact findings.

Keywords: Multiple Comparisons; impact evaluations; design of experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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