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Randomistas : How Radical Researchers Are Changing Our World /
A fascinating account of how radical researchers have used experiments to overturn conventional wisdom and shaped life as we know it Experiments have consistently been used in the hard sciences, but in recent decades social scientists have adopted the practice. Randomized trials have been used to de...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven, CT :
Yale University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- 1. Scurvy, Scared Straight and Sliding Doors
- 2. From Bloodletting to Placebo Surgery
- 3. Decreasing Disadvantage, One Coin Toss at a Time
- 4. The Pioneers of Randomisation
- 5. Learning How to Teach
- 6. Controlling Crime
- 7. Valuable Experiments in Poor Countries
- 8. Farms, Firms and Facebook
- 9. Testing Theories in Politics and Philanthropy
- 10. Treat Yourself
- 11. Building a Better Feedback Loop
- 12. What's the Next Chance?
- Ten Commandments for Running Your Own
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Index