Quasi-Experiments

question 23

Multiple Choice

Quasi-experiments

• A)provide a bridge between the econometric analysis of observational data sets and the statistical ideal of a true randomized controlled experiment.
• B)are not the same as experiments, and lessons learned from the use of the latter can therefore not be applied to them.
• C)most often use difference-in-difference estimators, which are quite different from OLS and instrumental variables methods studied in earlier chapters of the book.
• D)use the same methods as studied in earlier chapters of the book, and hence the interpretation of these methods is the same.

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