Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials 2010
July 25, 2010 - August 6, 2010
Objective
Recently, the Institute of Education Sciences and the National Center on Education Research awarded the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University a three-year grant for a summer institute on randomized field trials. The institute will focus on the design, implementation, and analysis of cluster- randomized experiments. In doing so, IES hopes to increase the national capacity to develop and conduct rigorous evaluations of the effectiveness of education interventions.
The workshops are co-organized by Larry Hedges, Board of Trustees Professor in Social Policy and Statistics, and two colleagues from Vanderbilt University, Mark Lipsey, Director of the Center for Evaluation Research and Methodology and Senior Research Associate, and David Cordray, Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology.
Workshop Leaders
Larry Hedges (IPR/Northwestern University)
Mark Lipsey (Vanderbilt University)
David Cordray (Vanderbilt University)
Basic Experimental Design, Part I
by Dr. Larry Hedges of Northwestern University - July 26, 8:00 a.m.
Basic Experimental Design, Part II
by Dr. Larry Hedges of Northwestern University - July 26, 10:30 a.m.
Basic Experimental Design, Part III
by Dr. Larry Hedges of Northwestern University - July 26, 1:30 p.m.
Sample Design for Group-Randomized Trials, Part I
by Dr. Howard Bloom of MDRC - July 27, 8:00 a.m.
Sample Design for Group-Randomized Trials, Part II
by Dr. Howard Bloom of MDRC - July 27, 10:30 a.m.
Sample Design for Group-Randomized Trials, Part III
by Dr. Howard Bloom of MDRC - July 27, 1:30 p.m.
Longitudinal Experiments
by Dr. Larry Hedges of Northwestern University - July 28, 8:00 a.m.
Mediation Models
by Dr. Tasha Beretvas of University of Texas, Austin - July 29, 1:30 p.m.
Modeling "The Cause": Assessing Implementation Fidelity and Achieved Relative Strength in RCTs
by Dr. David S. Cordray of Vanderbilt University - July 30, 8:00 a.m.
Specifying the Conceptual and Operational Models and the Research Questions that Follow, Part I
by Dr. Mark Lipsey of Vanderbilt University - July 30, 10:30 a.m.
Specifying the Conceptual and Operational Models and the Research Questions that Follow, Part II
by Dr. Mark Lipsey of Vanderbilt University - July 30, 1:30 p.m.
Missing Data in Randomized Control Trials, Part I
by Dr. John Graham of Penn State University - August 2, 8:00 a.m.
Missing Data in Randomized Control Trials, Part II (Attrition: Bias and Loss of Power)
by Dr. John Graham of Penn State University - August 2, 10:30AM.
Analyzing Intervention Fidelity and Achieved Relative Strength
by Dr. David Cordray of Vanderbilt University - August 2, 1:30 p.m.
Treatment Effects: What Works for Whom?
by Dr. Spyros Konstantopoulos of Michigan State University - August 3, 8:00 a.m.
(Second Best) Alternatives to Randomized Designs, Part I
by Dr. Mark Lipsey of Vanderbilt University - August 3, 10:30AM.
(Second Best) Alternatives to Randomized Designs, Part II
by Dr. Mark Lipsey of Vanderbilt University - August 3, 1:30 p.m.