Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World 1743820275, 9781743820278
Randomised tests are carried out on us every day: by supermarkets, search engines, online dating sites, political partie
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English Pages 256 Year 2018
Table of contents :
Scurvy Scared Straight and Sliding Doors ..............
From Bloodletting to Placebo Surgery ..............
Decreasing Disadvantage One Coin Toss at a Time ..............
The Pioneers of Randomisation ..............
Learning How to Teach ..............
Controlling Crime ..............
Valuable Experiments in Poor Countries ..............
Farms Firms and Facebook ..............
Scurvy Scared Straight and Sliding Doors ..............
From Bloodletting to Placebo Surgery ..............
Decreasing Disadvantage One Coin Toss at a Time ..............
The Pioneers of Randomisation ..............
Learning How to Teach ..............
Controlling Crime ..............
Valuable Experiments in Poor Countries ..............
Farms Firms and Facebook ..............
