After we randomly select a sample, we need to use random assignment to assign participants to different experimental groups.

In this post, I try to explain the importance of random sampling; in my next post, I will explore random assignment. Let me use an (oversimplified) example: Suppose there are 2 million Americans ...

Using the historical random assignment of MBA students to sections at Harvard Business School (HBS), I explore how executive peer networks can affect managerial decision making. Within an HBS class, ...

Benjamin G. Hyman, Can Displaced Labor Be Retrained? Evidence from Quasi-Random Assignment to Trade Adjustment Assistance, Proceedings. Annual Conference on Taxation and Minutes of the Annual Meeting ...