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Advancing Evidence-Based Decision Making: A Toolkit on Recognizing and Conducting Opportunistic Experiments in the Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Policy Area. OPRE Report #2015-97
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Meckstroth, Alicia; Resch, Alexandra; McCay, Jonathan; Derr, Michelle; Berk, Jillian; Akers, Lauren – Administration for Children & Families, 2015
This report describes in detail how researchers, policymakers, and program administrators can recognize opportunities for experiments and carry them out. Specifically, the report focuses on opportunistic experiments, defined as randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that study the effects of initiatives, program changes, or policy actions that…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making, Educational Experiments, Randomized Controlled Trials