Putting Social Sciences to the Test: Field Experiments in Economics

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What have we learned from field and laboratory experiments in the social sciences? (Image courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.)

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MIT Course Number

14.11

As Taught In

Spring 2006

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

14.11 is a new class on the topic of field (that is, 'in situ') and laboratory experiments in the social sciences - both what these experiments have taught and can teach us and how to conduct them.

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David Autor, and Esther Duflo. 14.11 Putting Social Sciences to the Test: Field Experiments in Economics. Spring 2006. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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