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?”
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On Science, from Eula Biss’s On Immunity
A nice reminder from Eula Biss (via On Immunity: An Inoculation) that science is a series of building blocks, with small tests and then bigger ones to see if each brick helps us reach higher and see farther. Science is, as scientists like to say, “self-correcting,” meaning that errors in preliminary studies are, ideally, revealedContinueContinue reading “On Science, from Eula Biss’s On Immunity”
That may not mean quite what you think it means: John Henry and Americana edition
Occasionally on this site, I try to provide some background on phrases and cliches in social science and global health (such as here and here). It is a small public service to help folks not be Sicilians yelling “inconceivable!” (or from starting land wars in Asia, if at all possible). Today, the John henry Effect.ContinueContinue reading “That may not mean quite what you think it means: John Henry and Americana edition”
Refereeing an academic paper
The below list is 100% taken from the following sources; my only contribution is to mix them up into a three-page document. http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/how-much-to-referee-and-how-to-do-it http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/10/how_to_be_a_goo.html http://chrisblattman.com/files/2009/07/PLSC508-Syllabus-Spring2010.pdf http://www.roie.org/howr.pdf Nevertheless, may prove useful. Additions, of course, welcome. Assume that no referee reports are truly anonymous. It is fine to be critical but always be polite. Skim the paperContinueContinue reading “Refereeing an academic paper”
sunglasses (googles) in bombay
this is from the summer i spent in bombay (2009), when I was living in dharavi and part of a research project on an unregistered slum near reay road station (i’ll call this community RR). as many of you may know, i am pretty attached to my sunglasses. not attached in the sense that iContinueContinue reading “sunglasses (googles) in bombay”
Heather E. Lanthorn 