Promoting program participation of mentoring program

Last registered on August 06, 2024
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Promoting program participation of mentoring program
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014104
Initial registration date
July 31, 2024

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
August 06, 2024, 1:26 PM EDT

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

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Primary Investigator

Name
Fangwen Lu
Affiliation
Peking University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2022-01-01
End date
2026-07-01
Keywords
Behavior, Education
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This study intends to explore strategies that can encourage potential program beneficiaries (middle school students in less developed areas) to sign in a mentoring program, which organizes college students from elite universities to provide online mentoring service without charge.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Lu, Fangwen. 2024. "Promoting program participation of mentoring program." AEA RCT Registry. August 06. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14104-1.0
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
All the interventions intend to encourage middle school students to actively sign up for an online mentoring program, which is offered free of charge. Interventions include the following potential strategies.
1. Reference price: emphasize the otherwise market value of mentoring
2. Scarcity appeal: emphasize the limited opportunity for participation
3. Impact summary: provide summerized message on program evaluation of earlier implementation
4. Participant comments: provide comments from participating the program, possibly with/without participants' photo.

Intervention Start Date
2022-02-25
Intervention End Date
2025-10-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The key outcome variable is whether students decide to sign up for the program.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
The attendance rate during the program
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
This project intends to use survey experiment for the exploration. The potential student sample will be organized to take an online survey so that (1) specific message can be delivered to each student independently; (2) there is no communication between students; (3) students' reaction to the intervention can be immediately captured without other contaminations.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization will be done by computer, stratified at the classroom level.
Randomization Unit
The unit of randomization is at student level.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
No cluster.
Sample size: planned number of observations
2000 students.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
200 to 300 students per treatment arms.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Lab of National Governance and Development, Renmin University of China
IRB Approval Date
2020-08-10
IRB Approval Number
2020-08-10
Analysis Plan