Digital Addiction

Last registered on September 27, 2020
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Digital Addiction
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0005796
Initial registration date
May 02, 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
May 04, 2020, 2:03 PM EDT

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

Last updated
September 27, 2020, 7:48 PM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Country
United States of America
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Hunt Allcott
Affiliation
Microsoft Research
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Lena Song
PI Affiliation
New York University
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PI Name
Matthew Gentzkow
PI Affiliation
Stanford
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2020-04-12
End date
2020-09-06
Keywords
Other
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
D12, D61, D90, D91, I31, L86, O33.
Secondary IDs
Abstract
See the pre-analysis plan.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Allcott, Hunt, Matthew Gentzkow and Lena Song. 2020. "Digital Addiction." AEA RCT Registry. September 27. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5796-2.0
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
See the pre-analysis plan.
Intervention Start Date
2020-05-03
Intervention End Date
2020-07-26

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
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Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
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Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
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Randomization Unit
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Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
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Sample size: planned number of observations
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Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
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Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
New York University
IRB Approval Date
2019-10-03
IRB Approval Number
IRB-FY2020-3618
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

DigitalAddiction_PAP_May4.pdf

MD5: a60c15f2e8190391b1cdbf63ed2799e1

SHA1: a77355e07b9c8f4f43e43cb87011bc2f88056718

Uploaded At: May 04, 2020

DigitalAddiction_PAP.pdf

MD5: b84a69bf0c1b88b9240a319bef708a7f

SHA1: 4021f695ba51f4d2cf2a97ca0d259e8a6e0f2e03

Uploaded At: May 02, 2020

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

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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