What is the unit of observation? How many units were there?
statistics
Description
Your
homework is to read any one of the articles below (look them up) and assess the
following questions. Identify the following:
·
Gneezy,
U., and A. Rustichini ”Pay Enough or Don’t Pay At All” Quarterly Journal of
Economics August 2000, 791-810.
·
Filiz-Ozbay,
Emel, and Erkut Y. Ozbay. 2007. ”Auctions with Anticipated Regret: The- ory and
Experiment.” American Economic Review, 97 (4): 1407-1418.
3.
Research
Question:
4.
Hypotheses:
5.
What
is the unit of observation? How many units were there?
6.
Dependent
Variable(s):
7.
Independent
Variable(s): 5a. Treatment(s): 5b. Control Variable(s):
8.
Were
the results replicated? Could you replicate this study at GWU?
9.
Was
the sample random? Why is this important? (e.g., if the sample were not random,
what results could you trust based on the analysis?)
10.
Was
the treatment randomly assigned? Why is this important? (e.g., if the sample
were not random, what results could you trust based on the analysis?)
11.
Could
have this study been performed using observational data? Why was an experiment
used instead?
12.
Do
you believe the authors have demonstrated a causal mechanism in the treatment
im- pacting the dependent variable? Why?
