Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 14.11 (Spring 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Putting Social Sciences to the Test: Field Experiments in Economics 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Economics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. David Autor
  Prof. Esther Duflo 
• Course Introduction:
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  14.11 Putting Social Sciences to the Test: Field Experiments in Economics
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features virtually all of its lecture notes and assignments. An extensive list of readings is also available.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  14.11 is a new class on the topic of field (that is, 'in situ') and laboratory experiments in the social sciences - both what these experiments have taught and can teach us and how to conduct them.