Web Resources

California State University, Fresno
http://psych.csufresno.edu/psy144/Content/Design/Experimental/randomized.html
This site provides a detailed overview of randomized experiments in research (with an emphasis on the field of psychology), and also discusses why they are used and how do design them.

Police Foundation
http://www.policefoundation.org/content/randomized-experiments
This site provides students with examples of how randomized experiments are used in the police sciences to study community problems.

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
http://www.mdrc.org/
This website provides a useful tool for students to understand how randomized experiments are conducted and utilized to improve social policy.

Rand Corporation
http://www.rand.org/
This site introduces students to the Rand Corporation and its numerous research projects designed to understand salient public policy areas and national trends.

New York University
http://cess.nyu.edu/cess-experiments/
This site provides students with an example of how academic research integrates in the use of randomized experiments. It examines the work of the Center for Experimental Social Science at New York University.