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Research Resources |
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Research
Methodology Initiative |
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The
rigorous random assignment experiments for which MDRC
is well-known are an effective and reliable way to measure
program impacts, but they are limited in the extent to
which they can open the "black box" of participant
behavior in order to fully understand how, and why, impacts
do or do not come about. Moreover, in some circumstances,
especially when a program has already been fully implemented
and there is no "control group" available, a
random assignment experiment may not be feasible.
Building on MDRC's long tradition of methodological innovation,
the Research Methodology Initiative aims to address the
limitations of currently available investigative techniques
and develop new tools of program design and analysis.
Launched in 1999, the Initiative is exploring the use
of quantitative and qualitative methods in the context
of experimental, quasiexperimental and mixed research
designs to rigorously study how programs are implemented,
the impacts they produce, and how their implementation
affects their impacts. More...
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MDRC
Public Use Data Files |
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MDRC
stores data files from a number of its evaluations of
welfare-to-work and youth programs. These files, including
documentation, are available to all individuals who request
such data, who are able to use these files without assistance
from us, and who have signed a confidentiality form. Public
Use Files that are currently available are listed below;
additional data files will be made available on an ongoing
basis. If you are interested in obtaining these files,
please contact MDRC by phone at 212/532-3200, or send
e-mail to: Christopher.Bost@mdrc.org.
We hope that you will find these data useful in your future
work. More...
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