Data Analysis for Impact Evaluations – Quiz 4

1. Which of the following statements is true about analyzing panel data? (select all that apply)

Reshape the data long so that there are two observations per student.

2. How many test score variables are in the reshaped data?

Run a fixed effects model to estimate the impact of treatment on the change in Hindi test scores. Don’t forget to cluster standard errors by village.

3. What is the estimated treatment effect? Round to the nearest 0.01

4. What is the correct interpretation of the coefficient on the binary variable denoting the testing round?

Now reshape the data wide and run the equivalent ANCOVA model to estimate the treatment effect on Hindi test scores.

5. Which of the following statements is true about the differences between the ANCOVA model vs the fixed effects model? (select all that apply)