2 Randomization and Experiments

Class materials

Slides: Module 2

Recording: Module 2, Part 1

Recording: Module 2, Part 2

Recording: Module 2, Part 3.1

Recording: Module 2, Part 3.2

Trivia: Module 2

Textbook reading

Chapters 4 – 11 of Imbens and Rubin (2015)

Chapters 3,4, 12 of Gerber and Green (2012)

Chapters 3 – 9 of Ding (2023)

Additional Readings

Imai, K., King, G., Stuart, E.A. (2008) “Misunderstandings between Experimentalists and Observationalists about Causal Inference,” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 171(2): 481-502.

Freedman, D.A. (2008) “On Regression Adjustments to Experimental Data,” Advances in Applied Mathematics, 30(6):180-193.

Freedman, D.A. (2008) “On Regression Adjustments in Experiments with Several Treatments,” Annals of Applied Statistics, 2(1): 176-196.

Lin, W. (2012) “Agnostic Notes on Regression Adjustments to Experimental Data: Reexamining Freedman’s Critique,” Annals of Applied Statistics, 7(1): 295-318.

Bugni, F.A., Canay, I.A., Shaikh, A.M. (2018) “Inference under Covariate-Adaptive Randomization,” Journal of the American Statistical Association, 113(524): 1784-1796.

Li, X., Ding, P. (2020) “Rerandomization and Regression Adjustment,” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, 82(1): 241-260.

Bai, Y. (2022) “Optimality of Matched-Pair Designs in Randomized Controlled Trials,” American Economic Review, 112(5): 1631-1670.

Tabord-Meehan, M. (2022) “Stratification Trees for Adaptive Randomization in Randomized Controlled Trials,” The Review of Economic Studies, 89(2): 741-781.