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 /

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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Main Authors: Karlan, Dean S. (Author), Appel, Jacob (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Series:Princeton scholarship online.
Subjects:
Research > Methodology.
Research > Evaluation.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Research > Evaluation
Research > Methodology
Lernhilfe
Datensammlung
Fallstudie
Schwierigkeitsgrad
Missverständnis
Fehlerverhütung
Feldversuch
Experiment
Poultry Loan.
RCT design.
administrative data.
application process.
bad timing.
bloated surveys.
business training.
child health.
competing priorities.
credit-to-savings intervention.
data collection tools.
data collection.
development field studies.
development tool.
educational supplements.
electronic data collection.
evaluations.
evidence.
experimental design.
failed projects.
failed research.
failure.
field projects.
field research.
field study.
financial education program.
financial literacy.
group-based savings.
guarantor requirement.
health insurance policy.
immature product.
insurance.
intake process.
interest rate.
intervention.
low participation rates.
low participation.
measurement tools.
microfinance institution.
microloans.
participation rates.
partner organization challenges.
partner organization.
partner organizations.
pilot.
policy.
poultry farming.
power.
randomization.
randomized controlled trials.
research setting.
research studies.
research.
researchers.
sample size calculations.
savings.
staff capacity.
staff flexibility.
survey design.
survey questions.
survey.
surveying.
technical design flaw.
technical design flaws.
technical design.
technology.
theory.
timing problem.
treatment.
youth clubs.
youth savings.
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