Validating Psychological Scales and Behavioral Tasks for Urban Poor Populations in Kenya

Last registered on February 08, 2017

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Validating Psychological Scales and Behavioral Tasks for Urban Poor Populations in Kenya
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0001997
Initial registration date
February 08, 2017

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
February 08, 2017, 7:50 AM EST

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Stockholm University

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
University of Oxford

Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2016-11-07
End date
2017-01-29
Secondary IDs
NIH UH2NR016378
Abstract
This document describes the analysis plan to validate measures of executive control, self-efficacy, temporal
discounting, and risk preferences for use among adults from an informal urban settlement of Nairobi, Kenya.
511 respondents completed a battery of psychological inventories and behavioral tasks in a lab setting. Of these,
93 did so twice, with a delay of one week. We will assess construct validity by exploring relationships between
different instruments; test-retest reliability by comparing outcomes over time; and acceptability through various
checks on participant comprehension, consistency of answers, and distributions of scores. This plan outlines the
design of the instruments, psychometric and econometric methods for analysis, and criteria for continued use.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Haushofer, Johannes and Kate Orkin. 2017. "Validating Psychological Scales and Behavioral Tasks for Urban Poor Populations in Kenya." AEA RCT Registry. February 08. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.1997-1.0
Former Citation
Haushofer, Johannes and Kate Orkin. 2017. "Validating Psychological Scales and Behavioral Tasks for Urban Poor Populations in Kenya." AEA RCT Registry. February 08. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/1997/history/13855
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
This study is a measures validation for to choose outcome variables for future interventions in the science of behavioral change (SOBC) research project.
Intervention Start Date
2016-11-07
Intervention End Date
2017-01-29

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Psychometric properties of scales and tasks (listed in the pre-analysis plan).
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Participants are asked to complete a battery of psychological scales and behavioral task in a lab setting. There is no intervention. We analyze the data from these to validate these measures and determine the best for self-efficacy, executive control, time preferences and risk preferences.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
The order of measures was randomized at the session level.
Randomization Unit
Session.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
41 sessions.
Sample size: planned number of observations
511
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
N/A
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
IRB Approval Date
IRB Approval Number
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

SOBC Study 1.B Pre-analysis Plan

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

Study Withdrawal

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

Relevant Paper(s)

Reports & Other Materials