Seminar: "Does Nonrandom Participation in Experiments Matter?"

Jason Barabas, Stony Brook University; Many experiments use “opt-in” convenience samples from unknown populations, but does this mean that the results do not generalize?

February 18, 2016
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location
Silsby 119
Sponsored by
Program in Quantitative Social Science
Audience
Public
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Quantitative Social Science Program

We conduct experiments that select and assign subjects to modes randomly in an attempt to (1) document patterns of nonrandom participation in experiments and (2) statistically adjust our estimates to offset selection biases.

 

Location
Silsby 119
Sponsored by
Program in Quantitative Social Science
Audience
Public
More information
Quantitative Social Science Program