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Teaching Large-Scale Digital Experimentation to Undergraduates and Graduate Students

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  • Matias, J. Nathan

    (Cornell University)

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In this extended abstract, I review syllabi of classes about digital experimentation for their relevance to contemporary product and policy evaluation. I also describe SOC 412, a novel cross-disciplinary undergraduate and graduate class that I teach at Princeton University on the craft and ethics of digital experimentation at scale. In the class, students learn to conduct multiple experiments and work in teams to design a large-scale field experiment online. The class is also a test environment for open educational resources for teaching online field experiments. I conclude the paper by identifying practical steps that academic educators and industry researchers can take to advance and spread undergraduate and graduate education in digital experimentation.

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  • Matias, J. Nathan, 2018. "Teaching Large-Scale Digital Experimentation to Undergraduates and Graduate Students," OSF Preprints 3pgrx, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:3pgrx
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/3pgrx
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    1. Carolina Castilla, 2014. "Field Experiments in a Course on Behavioral Economics: Nudging Students Around Campus," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(3), pages 211-224, September.
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