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randomized experiments  

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  • Researchers often use a randomized experiment (also known as a randomized field or controlled trial, or a true or classical experiment) to evaluate the effects of a legal policy, practice, or program. Because they consider randomized experiments the most rigorous approach to such evaluation, they often refer to true experiments as the “gold standard.”Definition and CharacteristicsA randomized experiment is an evaluation design that uses randomization (also known as random allocation or random assignment) to achieve statistically balanced groups. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Experiments, Randomized]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-R39WJXH2-R

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