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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.
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MDRC
Public Use Files |
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Public Use Files are data sets from MDRC evaluations that we make available to researchers. These files
contain the source data that we analyzed to produce our reports. Public Use Files can be requested through
this Web site.
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