equipoise – Heather E. Lanthorn

Pipeline Designs and Equipoise: How Can They Go Together?

I am writing about phase-in / pipeline designs. Again. I’ve already done it here. and more here. but. The premise of a pipeline or phase-in design is that groups will be randomized or otherwise experimentally allocated to receive a given intervention earlier or later. The ‘later’ group can then serve as the comparison for theContinueContinue reading “Pipeline Designs and Equipoise: How Can They Go Together?”

wait, we’re experimenting, right?

many of the descriptions of the ideal next World Bank president – at least the ones with which I agree – have called for a little more humility about how much we actually know about economic & human development and poverty reduction. so it’s frustrating to see articles like this, which imply a low level ofContinueContinue reading “wait, we’re experimenting, right?”