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Publication Date: August 1999
Publisher: MDRC (Organization)
Author(s): Howard S. Bloom; Johannes M. Bos; Suk-Won Lee
Research Area: Education
Keywords: Research Methodology
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Our paper explores the possibility of randomly assigning groups (or "clusters") of individuals to a program or a control group in order to estimate the impacts of programs designed to affect whole groups. This cluster assignment approach maintains the primary strength of random assignment—the provision of unbiased impact estimates—but has less statistical power than random assignment of individuals, which usually is not possible for programs focused on whole groups.