Additional resources

StatisTics rEVIEW

Some optional resources to review statistical concepts:

• Khan Academy's lectures on Sampling distribution, Confidence intervals, and Significance testing

• Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis

• Introduction to Regression Analysis: Causal Inference Bootcamp

Research Ethics

• J-PAL Research Resource: Ethical Conduct of Randomised Evaluations

• J-PAL Research Resource: Internal Review Board Proposals

• J-PAL Research Resource: Data security 

• The Belmont Report

• Glennerster and Powers (2016): “Balancing Risk and Benefit: Ethical Tradeoffs in Running Randomised Evaluations”

• Alderman, Das, and Rao (2013): “Conducting Ethical Economic Research: Complications from the Field”

• Glennerster (2017): “The Practicalities of Running Randomised Evaluations: Partnerships, Measurement, Ethics, and Transparency” (available here as a part of the Handbook of Field Experiments)

• Karlan and Udry (2020): “A Call for Structured Ethical Appendices in Social Science Papers”

• The Belmont Report contains the fundamental ethical principles for research involving human subjects.

Beyond the course

Additional J-PAL Resources:

• Policy Insights

• Evidence to Policy

• Evaluation Summaries

• Research Resources

• J-PAL Courses

• MITx MicroMasters Program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy

Further Reading:

• Glennerster and Takavarasha (2013): Running Randomised Evaluations: A Practical Guide

• Duflo, Glennerster, Kremer (2006): Using Randomisation in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit

• Angrist and Pischke (2009): Mostly Harmless Econometrics