The guide argues opportunistic experiments have potentially low cost while not conducting them has potentially high cost¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r? · q1
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q1 i? Conducting opportunistic experiments is potentially low cost, whereas failing to conduct them is potentially high cost. → Alexandra Resch 2014

Evidence¶

Alexandra Resch 2014¶

Alexandra Resch, Jillian Berk, Lauren Akers. (2014). Recognizing and Conducting Opportunistic Experiments in Education: A Guide for Policymakers and Researchers. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edprojects

q1 · i? · theoretical · r?

The guide's concluding argument, stated as an authors' interpretive claim rather than a measured result: it presents the "potentially low cost of conducting opportunistic experiments" against the potentially high cost of forgoing them. No cost figures or effect sizes are printed in the available text.

"It concludes with a discussion of the potentially low cost of conducting opportunistic experiments and the potentially high cost of not conducting them."

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