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Technical Methods Report: Guidelines for Multiple Testing in Impact Evaluations

NCEE
Author(s):
Peter Z. Schochet, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Publication date:
June 2008
Publication number:
NCEE 20084018

Summary

Technical Methods Report: Guidelines for Multiple Testing in Impact Evaluations, presents guidelines for education researchers that address the multiple comparisons problem in impact evaluations in the education area. The problem occurs due to the large number of hypothesis tests that are typically conducted across outcomes and subgroups in evaluation studies, which can lead to spurious significant impact findings.

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Technical Methods Report: Guidelines for Multiple Testing in Impact Evaluations

By: Peter Z. Schochet, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
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