Advanced Impact Evaluation Course
![Participants in the Advanced Impact Evaluation Course in Cambridge, MA, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_medium_cropped/public/images/2020/03/training-advanced.jpg?itok=sbCuHALx)
The target audience includes researchers and impact evaluation professionals who are familiar with economics and econometrics. The workshops are designed and taught by faculty and may include topics like:
How to design an experiment:
- Methods of randomization
- Linking experimental design and theory
- Determining sample size using parametric and non-parametric power calculations
How to implement an experiment:
- Finding funding
- Working with partner organizations
- Data collection (including innovative methods of data collection)
- Pitfalls to avoid
Analyzing data from an experiment:
- Average effects
- Heterogeneity of treatment effects
- CACE (Complier Average Causal Effect)
- LATE (Local Average Treatment Effect)
- Structural estimation
Advanced courses have been offered in Paris, France; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cambridge, United States; and Santiago, Chile in the past.