HarvardX Study Supporter Pre-Analysis Plan

Last registered on October 22, 2015
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
HarvardX Study Supporter Pre-Analysis Plan
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0000918
Initial registration date
October 22, 2015

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
October 22, 2015, 12:27 PM EDT

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

Last updated
October 22, 2015, 5:12 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
Todd Rogers
Affiliation
Harvard Kennedy School
Contact Primary Investigator

Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2014-08-01
End date
2016-07-02
Keywords
Education
Additional Keywords
persistence, MOOC, social networks
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We are studying the impact on educational success from inviting people in students' social networks to be educational supporters.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Rogers, Todd. 2015. "HarvardX Study Supporter Pre-Analysis Plan." AEA RCT Registry. October 22. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.918-2.0
Former Citation
Rogers, Todd. 2015. "HarvardX Study Supporter Pre-Analysis Plan." AEA RCT Registry. October 22. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/918/history/5724
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2014-08-18
Intervention End Date
2016-07-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
see attached analysis plan
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
see attached analysis plan
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
individual level
Randomization Unit
individual level
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
as many as possible
Sample size: planned number of observations
as many as possible
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
see attached analysis plan
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials

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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Harvard IRB
IRB Approval Date
2015-05-22
IRB Approval Number
IRB14-2096
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

preanalysis plan

MD5: 698c4ca91b5a01d7b5cab692add65ab1

SHA1: d93757170a079ac847e0ae2aa8aa19de25fb6da7

Uploaded At: October 22, 2015

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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Reports & Other Materials