Data collection and research ethics

Content for Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Readings

• DIME Wiki. “Primary Data Collection,” The World Bank, no date.
• Pages 60 to 65 in Running Randomized Evaluations (Glennerster and Takavarasha 2013)
• DIME Wiki. “Research Ethics,” The World Bank, no date.

Optional material

The following article is optional. If you decide to read it, you may cover it in your reading reactions.

• Glennerster, Rachel, and Shawn Powers Balancing Risk and Benefit: Ethical Tradeoffs in Running Randomized Evaluations (2016) Get the PDF here. (Glennerster and Powers 2016)

Slides

On the day of class, you will find my slides on Canvas.

References

Glennerster, Rachel, and Shawn Powers. 2016. “Balancing Risk and Benefit: Ethical Tradeoffs in Running Randomized Evaluations.” In The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics, edited by George F. DeMartino and Deirdre McCloskey, 366–401. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199766635.013.017.

Glennerster, Rachel, and Kudzai Takavarasha. 2013. Running Randomized Evaluations: A Practical Guide. Princeton: Princeton University Press. http://runningres.com/.