"When we spend money on programs whose effect we do not know, we are experimenting without evaluating. When we provide a program to some people and not others, we are rationing without randomizing. These sorts of uncontrolled experiments measure up no better than controlled experiment..., and they fall far short of RCTs in guiding us towards better decisions and improved program designs in the future."
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The R-Word Is Not Dirty
