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Randomized controlled trial of emotion-focused training for helping professionals

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
IntroductionThe aim of this study was to examine the short- and long-term effectiveness of the novel Emotion-focused Training for Helping Professions on levels of compassion fatigue (secondary traumatic stress & burnout), self-criticism, self ...
Júlia Halamová, Natália Ondrejková, Karol Kováč   +2 more
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Conditional cash transfers and the reduction in partner violence for young women: an investigation of causal pathways using evidence from a randomized experiment in South Africa (HPTN 068)

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2018
Evidence has shown that the experience of violence by a partner has important influences on women's risk of HIV acquisition. Using a randomized experiment in northeast South Africa, we found that a conditional cash transfer (CCT) targeted to poor girls ...
Kelly Kilburn, A. Pettifor, Jessie K. Edwards, A. Selin, R. Twine, C. MacPhail, Ryan G. Wagner, J. Hughes, Jing Wang, K. Kahn   +9 more
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Mechanisms behind Substance Abuse and Rugby. Lessons from a Field Experiment with Incarcerated Offenders [PDF]

Desarrollo y Sociedad, 2012
There are a broad range of rehabilitation programs but results differ significantly among them, from positive to no-effect programs —and even to negative-effect programs.
Alexander Castleton, Alejandro Cid
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Applying a “fail‐fast” approach to conservation in US agriculture

Conservation Science and Practice, 2022
Conservation programs often operate for many years with little information on program performance or impacts. A better process would encourage programs to “fail fast”—in other words, to implement rapid testing to learn and adapt early, and thereby avoid ...
Chloe B. Wardropper, Laura A. Esman, Seth C. Harden, Yuta J. Masuda, Pranay Ranjan, Collin Weigel, Paul J. Ferraro, Linda S. Prokopy, Sheila M. W. Reddy   +8 more
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The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Experiment in Indonesia

, 2019
To assess ways to achieve widespread health insurance coverage with financial solvency in developing countries, we designed a randomized experiment involving almost 6,000 households in Indonesia who are subject to a nationally mandated government health ...
A. Banerjee, Amy N. Finkelstein, Rema Hanna, B. Olken, A. Ornaghi, S. Sumarto   +5 more
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COMPLETELY RANDOMIZED DESIGN OF A MARKETING EXPERIMENT [PDF]

Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics, 2018
The marketing experiment is a deliberate, "challenged", simulated small-scale, and relatively artificial, marketing phenomenon to highlight how its evolution is influenced by one or more causal factors.
CODRUŢA DURA
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Does digital advertising affect vote choice? Evidence from a randomized field experiment

Research & Politics, 2022
Despite the increasing sums devoted to online political advertising, our understanding of the persuasive effects of such advertising is limited. We report the results of a ZIP code level randomized field experiment conducted over Facebook and Instagram ...
Alexander Coppock, Donald P. Green, Ethan Porter   +2 more
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A randomized controlled experiment for comparing face-to-face and online teaching during COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Education, 2023
Randomized controlled experiments have shown that face-to-face teaching is more effective in delivering various learning outcomes than asynchronous online teaching.
Yue Yat Harrison Cheung, Kwok Fai Lam, Kwok Fai Lam, Hengtao Zhang, Chi Wai Kwan, Kam Pui Wat, Zhiqiang Zhang, Ke Zhu, Yuk Ka Chung, Yuk Ka Chung, Guosheng Yin, Guosheng Yin   +11 more
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Undoing disparities in faculty workloads: A randomized trial experiment.

PLoS ONE, 2018
We conducted a randomized control study to improve equity in how work is taken up, assigned and rewarded in academic departments. We used a four-part intervention targeting routine work practices, department conditions, and the readiness of faculty to ...
KerryAnn O'Meara, Audrey Jaeger, Joya Misra, Courtney Lennartz, Alexandra Kuvaeva   +4 more
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Interpretation of time-to-event outcomes in randomized trials: an online randomized experiment

Annals of Oncology, 2018
Background Multiple features in the presentation of randomized controlled trial (RCT) results are known to influence comprehension and interpretation.
Isabelle Weir, G. Marshall, G. Marshall, Jeffrey I. Schneider, Jeffrey I. Schneider, Jason A. Sherer, Emily M. Lord, Bishal Gyawali, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, Emelia J. Benjamin, Ludovic Trinquart   +10 more
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