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ERIC Number: EJ1284306
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Feb
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1076-9986
EISSN: N/A
Design-Based Covariate Adjustments in Paired Experiments
Wu, Edward; Gagnon-Bartsch, Johann A.
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, v46 n1 p109-132 Feb 2021
In paired experiments, participants are grouped into pairs with similar characteristics, and one observation from each pair is randomly assigned to treatment. The resulting treatment and control groups should be well-balanced; however, there may still be small chance imbalances. Building on work for completely randomized experiments, we propose a design-based method to adjust for covariate imbalances in paired experiments. We leave out each pair and impute its potential outcomes using any prediction algorithm such as lasso or random forests. This method addresses a unique trade-off that exists for paired experiments. By addressing this trade-off, the method has the potential to improve precision over existing methods.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Texas
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1646108