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Lesson 2: Randomized Evaluations

12 September 2022

A randomized evaluation (also known as a randomized controlled trial or RCT) is the most rigorous way to estimate impact. In this lesson, we’ll discuss how RCTs eliminate selection bias and variants of the RCT design.

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