The Late Pretest Problem in Randomized Control Trials of Education Interventions - Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest

The Late Pretest Problem in Randomized Control Trials of Education Interventions

NCEE 2009-4033
October 2008

Disclosure
List of Tables & Figures
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Late Pretest Problem
Chapter 3. Measuring the Variance-Bias Tradeoff
Chapter 4. Considered Designs
Chapter 5. Theoretical Framework
Chapter 6. The Variance-Bias Tradeoff for Various ATE Estimators
Chapter 7: Empirical Analysis
Chapter 8: Summary and Conclusions
References
Appendix A: Proof of Asymptotic Results for the ANCOVA Estimator (174 KB)
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Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest

The author for this report, Dr. Peter Schochet, is an employee of Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. with whom IES contracted to develop the methods that are presented in this report. Dr. Schochet and other MPR staff do not have financial interests that could be affected by the content in this report.