Feedback: demand and consequence

Last registered on December 07, 2020
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Feedback: demand and consequence
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0006858
Initial registration date
December 07, 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
December 07, 2020, 10:49 AM EST

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

Locations

Country
China
Region
Beijing

Primary Investigator

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

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2020-12-07
End date
2022-12-31
Keywords
Behavior
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We design a survey to elicit the demand for receiving a feedback, and then use a random field experiment to test the consequence of receiving a feedback.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Lu, Fangwen. 2020. "Feedback: demand and consequence." AEA RCT Registry. December 07. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.6858-1.0
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
The key intervention is to randomly offer students feedback or not.
Intervention Start Date
2020-12-09
Intervention End Date
2022-01-23

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Desire for feedback
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Performance
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We design a survey to elicit the demand for receiving a feedback, and then use a random field experiment to test the consequence of receiving a feedback.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
No clusters
Sample size: planned number of observations
More than 200 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
100 control, 100 treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
MDE: 7 points in test score
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Lab of National Governance and Development, Renmin University of China
IRB Approval Date
2020-12-06
IRB Approval Number
RUCecon-202012-1
Analysis Plan

Post-Trial

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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