How to increase preventative measures to stop the spread of communicable diseases?

Last registered on March 24, 2020

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
How to increase preventative measures to stop the spread of communicable diseases?
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0005579
Initial registration date
March 20, 2020

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
March 24, 2020, 11:01 AM EDT

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

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Middlebury College

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
PI Affiliation

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2020-03-19
End date
2020-05-29
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We will test different information treatments, informing participants about (mortality) risks of the coronavirus. We will look at the effect on charitable giving and whether people take preventative measures to stop the spread of the virus.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Abel, Martin, Tanya Byker and Jeffrey Carpenter. 2020. "How to increase preventative measures to stop the spread of communicable diseases?." AEA RCT Registry. March 24. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5579-1.0
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2020-03-20
Intervention End Date
2020-04-17

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
We will look at the following outcomes
* amount people donate
* watching videos on preventative measures
* self-reported attitude and behavior
We provide more details on outcomes in the pre-analysis plan.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We conduct a survey experiment and assign participants to different information treatments.
At the end of the survey we collect the outcomes mentioned above.
We provide more details on the design and outcomes in the pre-analysis plan.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization is done in qualtrics. We stratify by the age of the participant.
Randomization Unit
Individual participant.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
N/A
Sample size: planned number of observations
We aim to collect 1,600 observations.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
The sample is equally divided between 3 information treatment groups and one control group.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Middlebury College IRB
IRB Approval Date
2020-03-18
IRB Approval Number
N/A.
Analysis Plan

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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

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