Approaches toward External Validity of Randomized Controlled Trials in the Social Sciences — NSF Award to Massachusetts Institute
Social scientists and decision makers have been interested in whether and how well they can generalize the results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to new populations, places, and contexts. This question of external validity is a foundation of evidence-based decision making because study populations and sites are
| Award title | Approaches toward External Validity of Randomized Controlled Trials in the Social Sciences |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2554173 |
| Awardee | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| City | CAMBRIDGE |
| State | MA |
| Amount obligated | $116,947 |
| Principal investigator | Naoki Egami |
| Program | Science of Science, AIB-Acctble Institutions&Behav |
| Start date | 10/01/2025 |
| Abstract | Social scientists and decision makers have been interested in whether and how well they can generalize the results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to new populations, places, and contexts. This question of external validity is a foundation of evidence-based decision making because study populations and sites are often different from the real-world populations and sites to which an intervention might be scaled up. This research develops statistical approaches to improve the external validi |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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