About This Course

Please note that RCT101x an internal training resource for staff at J-PAL and close partner organizations and should not be shared externally. For external course offerings on Evaluating Social Programs, please refer to the courses page on J-PAL's website.

This course on Evaluating Social Programs will provide a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic step-by-step training for conducting one’s own evaluation. Through a combination of lectures and case studies from real randomized evaluations, the course will focus on the benefits and methods of randomization, choosing an appropriate sample size, and common threats and pitfalls to the validity of the experiment. While the course is centered around the why, how, and when of randomized evaluations, it will also impart insights on the importance of a needs assessment, measuring outcomes effectively, quality control, and monitoring methods that are useful for all kinds of evaluations.