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I don't think you can have a $0 control group just because you have to pay the controls to fill out your surveys and such, otherwise their stats will be very ou
by recursivecaveat 3y ago
I don't think you can have a $0 control group just because you have to pay the controls to fill out your surveys and such, otherwise their stats will be very out of whack.
- red_trumpet 3y agoWouldn't it make more sense to compare to existing welfare programs (if there are any?). A bit like new drugs often are not tested against placebo, but against existing drugs which already treat the same condition.
- enragedcacti 3y agoI imagine that would introduce way more sources of error you can't control for, especially since ethically you can't incentivize follow-ups using welfare services they would otherwise already be entitled to.