We have a preprint (coming out @OryxTheJournal) exploring how conservation science can learn from the pioneering work of Banerjee, Duflo & Kremer while avoiding the unhelpful polarising debate around the use of RCTs in that field https://t.co/bDFuFGTK9E
#NobelPrize https://t.co/eudznVE7ji
@ivanscales I'm super aware of the critiques of RCTs & share concerns around reductionist focus on quant., ignoring mechanisms etc BUT nothing is a panacea (everything can be misused), RCTs certainly have alot of offer conservation. See our preprint led @EdwinPynegar https://t.co/bDFuFGTK9E
@juliapgjones @pvisconbio Take a look at our preprint (https://t.co/mWyBz6pGdU) where we talk about this in the context of #RCTs, but the point goes for any summative #impacteval method 2/n
Let's avoid a rerun of the #Evaluation Wars in #conservation (see our preprint for a take on #RCTs in cons.: https://t.co/ciIABytwyr)
Rather, better to ask:
1) What questions do we want/need to find answers to?
2) How can we achieve that, given budgetary and time constraints? https://t.co/4d5uxiuNMg
LOOK.... I got there in the end! Huge thanks to all involved.
Some of the work I've done/been involved with; let me know what you think!
https://t.co/sJ7Jlz8wSe
https://t.co/ciIABytwyr
https://t.co/lQAE0a4UlU
https://t.co/ypjYY67Uhg
#PhD #graduation #watersheds #conservation https://t.co/xIP8Hw6GEL
There are more cons than one might expect with #conservation #RCTs - they'll often require a lot of pre-planning and considering processes of change to be of high quality. One of our project's key findings (https://t.co/ciIABytwyr) - and another more empirical paper's on its way https://t.co/cD20ShZMrE
@juliapgjones and I discuss external validity in conservation eval in our article on #RCTs (https://t.co/ciIABytwyr), but a huge topic meriting much more discussion than we had space for! I particularly enjoy Lant Pritchett's take on ATE/RCT usefulness: https://t.co/Su33F3xWey
Great stuff on #impacteval, especially on the formative/summative evaluation distinction, how monitoring's actually quite difficult, and the external validity problem: feel like I should revise the manuscript (https://t.co/ciIABytwyr) again! https://t.co/2g7I6xiLJ3