Supplemental Resources

Lecture Notes

Lecture notes by session.
LEC #	TOPICS	LECTURE NOTES
1	What is evaluation? Needs assessment Process evaluation Impact evaluation Cost-benefit analysis	Lecture 1 slides (PDF)
2	Why randomize? Different types of impact evaluation Counterfactual Selection bias Internal / external validity	Lecture 2 slides (PDF)
3	How to Randomize I Methods of randomization: Lottery, Phase in, Rotation, encouragement Multiple treatments Gathering support	Lecture 3 slides (PDF)
4	How to Randomize II Unit of randomization Cross-cutting treatments Stratification Mechanics	Lecture 4 slides (PDF)
5	Measurement and Outcomes Key hypotheses Primary and intermediate outcomes Interpreting multiple outcomes Theory of change Model Questionnaire design Data collection/entry	Lecture 5 slides (PDF)
6	Sample Size and Power Calculations Estimation Hypothesis testing Power: significance level, variance of outcome, effect size Clustered design	Lecture 6 slides (PDF)
7	Managing threats to evaluation and data analysis Attrition Externalities (spillovers) Partial compliance and selection bias	Lecture 7 slides (PDF)
8	Analyzing Data Intention to treat (ITT) and Treatment on treated (ToT) Choice of outcomes and covariates External validity Cost-effectiveness	Lecture 8 slides (PDF)

The lecture notes were created over several years by the following people:

Esther Duflo, Professor of Economics, MIT
Abhijit Banerjee, Professor of Economics, MIT
Rachel Glennerster, Executive Director, J-PAL
Michael Kremer, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Dan Levy, Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Yale University
Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Ben Olken, Associate Professor of Economics, MIT
Rohini Pande, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Shawn Cole, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Erica Field, Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Greg Fisher, Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics
Rema Hanna, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Leigh Linden, Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Pascaline Dupas, Assistant Professor of Economics, UCLA
Seema Jayachandran, Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford University
Luc Behaghel, INRA Researcher, Paris School of Economics
Bruno Crepon, Researcher, ENSAE and Ecole Polytechnique
Marc Gurgand, Associate Professor, Paris School of Economics
William Pariente, Post-Doctoral Fellow, J-PAL
Nava Ashraf, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Karthik Muralidharan, Assistant Professor of Economics, UCSD