Promises and Perils of Pre-Analysis Plans

Imagine a nefarious researcher in economics who is only interested in finding a statistically significant result of an experiment. The researcher has 100 different variables he could examine, and the truth is that the experiment has no impact. By construction, the researcher should find an average o...

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Main Author: Olken, Benjamin A. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association (AEA), 2016-08-30T18:32:13Z.
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