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A Metadata Schema for Data from Experiments in the Social Sciences

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dc.contributor.authorCavanagh, Jack
dc.contributor.authorFliegner, Jasmin Claire
dc.contributor.authorKopper, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorSautmann, Anja
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-14T14:51:41Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T15:53:11Z
dc.date.available2023-02-14T14:51:41Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T15:53:11Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.description.abstractThe use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the social sciences has greatly expanded, resulting in newly abundant, high-quality data that can be reused to perform methods research in program evaluation, to systematize evidence for policymakers, and for replication and training purposes. However, potential users of RCT data often face significant barriers to discovery and reuse. This paper proposes a metadata schema that standardizes RCT data documentation and can serve as the basis for one—or many, interoperable —data catalogs that make such data easily findable, searchable, and comparable, and thus more readily reusable for secondary research. The schema is designed to document the unique properties of RCT data. Its set of fields and associated encoding schemes (acceptable formats and values) can be used to describe any dataset associated with a social science RCT. The paper also makes recommendations for implementing a catalog or database based on this metadata schema.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099945502062327217/IDU081c960a8049b504197099ff0d12be0b95375
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10296
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/39414
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10296
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL
dc.subjectPROGRAM EVALUATION
dc.subjectMETADATA
dc.subjectDATA PUBLICAITON
dc.subjectSECONDARY RESEARCH
dc.subjectTRIAL REGISTRATION
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH
dc.subjectINTEROPERABLE SOCIAL SCIENCES DATA
dc.titleA Metadata Schema for Data from Experiments in the Social Sciencesen
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dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleA Metadata Schema for Data from Experiments in the Social Sciences
okr.date.disclosure2023-02-06
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:21:53.617403Z
okr.date.lastmodified2023-02-06T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeWorking Papers
okr.doctypeWorking Papers::Policy Research Working Papers
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099945502062327217/IDU081c960a8049b504197099ff0d12be0b95375
okr.guid099945502062327217
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10296
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33996566
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099945502062327217/pdf/IDU081c960a8049b504197099ff0d12be0b95375.pdfen
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Sciences
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Data and Statistics
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Theory & Research
okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Standards and Technical Regulations
okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Technology Innovation
okr.unitDECRG: Human Development (DECHD)
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