Failing in the Field : : What We Can Learn When Field Research Goes Wrong /

Failing in the Field : : What We Can Learn When Field Research Goes Wrong / / Jacob Appel, Dean Karlan.

All across the social sciences, from development economics to political science departments, researchers are going into the field to collect data and learn about the world. While much has been gained from the successes of randomized controlled trials, stories of failed projects often do not get told...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Karlan, Dean,
Appel, Jacob,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]
©2017
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.) :; 2 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Why Failures?
  • Part I. Leading Causes of Research Failures
  • 1 Inappropriate Research Setting
  • 2 Technical Design Flaws
  • 3 Partner Organization Challenges
  • 4 Survey and Measurement Execution Problems
  • 5 Low Participation Rates
  • Part II. Case Studies
  • 6 Credit and Financial Literacy Training: No Delivery Means No Impact
  • 7 Interest Rate Sensitivity: Ignoring the Elephant in the Room
  • 8 Youth Savings: Real Money Drumming up Fake People
  • 9 Poultry Loans: Trying to Fly without a Pilot
  • 10 Child Health and Business Training with Credit: No Such Thing as a Simple Study
  • 11 Bundling Credit and Insurance: Turns Out More Is Less
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix. Checklist for Avoiding Failures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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