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100 1 $aLeigh, Andrew,$d1972-$eauthor.
245 10 $aRandomistas :$bhow radical researchers are changing our world /$cAndrew Leigh.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2018]
264 4 $c℗♭2018
300 $a279 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aRandomized tests are carried out on us every day: by supermarkets, search engines, online dating sites and direct marketers. Political parties use randomized trials to win elections. But how do these tests work? Are there any ethical issues? And what do they reveal about our choices? In this book, the author tells the stories of radical researchers who overturned conventional wisdom in medicine, politics, economics, law enforcement and more. From finding the cure to scurvy to discovering which policies really improve literacy rates, randomistas have shaped life as we know it - but they often had to fight to conduct their trials and have their findings implemented.
650 0 $aSocial sciences$xResearch.
650 0 $aSampling (Statistics)
650 0 $aSocial sciences$xMethodology.
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