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Field Experiment

A field experiment applies the logic of a randomized controlled trial in a naturally occurring, real-world environment rather than an artificial laboratory. Participants are randomly assigned to treatment and control conditions while going about everyday activities, allowing researchers to estimate causal effects with high internal validity while preserving a level of ecological realism that laboratory settings cannot offer. The design is especially prominent in economics, public health, political science, and development research.

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Field Experiment
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / experimental-design
  • Harrison, G. W., & List, J. A. (2004). Field experiments. Journal of Economic Literature, 42(4), 1009–1055. · DOI 10.1257/0022051043004577
  • Gerber, A. S., & Green, D. P. (2012). Field Experiments: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation. W. W. Norton. · ISBN 978-0393979954
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Taxonomic bucketCluster Randomized Controlled Trialmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketFactorial Experimentmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketLaboratory Experimentmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketNatural Experimentmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Used in the same domainRandomized Controlled Trialmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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