I will run a field experiment in low-income high schools in the Chicago suburbs, in the 2017-2018 school year. Following the college application cycle, I will approach the high schools in the fall and offer a free college application assistance program for their juniors or seniors.
The experiment consists of looking at peer effects on student sign-up rates for the college application assistance program.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No
Sample size: planned number of clusters
800 students (400 in second group)
Sample size: planned number of observations
800 students (400 in second group)
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
133 in each treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)