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  • Posted by G. Michael Guy on February 22, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    Hi All,

    I wanted to share with you a link to the CCRC page which I found very helpful.

    Michelle Hodara who was at our IML Luncheon has a paper posted here:
    http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp?UID=858

    It contains a huge lit review of existing studies. In it you will find a compilation of common mistakes and best practices for experimentation. I know for many of us it is “too late” to redesign our experiment, but some of the mistakes she listed can be avoided simply by presenting data correctly. For example, if you report your results by “Changing the denominator” as Frank suggested his desire to do in his talk (we all like to do this!), you will be committing the common empirical flaw she labels “Possible attrition issues.” Thus by being very clear about the data you actually have, you can make your paper more valuable without having to “start over” and do your experiment again.

    There are lots of papers on the CCRC website that are likely of interest.

    Enjoy and learn!

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