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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"meta-science"”.
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Evaluating Poverty Alleviation: Essays on Microfinance, Energy Access and Limits to the Gold Standard in Empirical Economics
In my dissertation, I combine topical contributions on microfinance and energy access, two prevalent poverty alleviation policies, with methodological contributions on how empirical economics research can contribute to effective policymaking. Chapter 1 reviews the existing experimental evidence on …
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Much Ado About Immersion: Power, Reported Results, and the Validity of Research on the Psychology of Virtual Reality and Immersive Simulations
… in fields as varied as engineering, computer science, communication, and psychology. The present study evaluates methodological trends in behavioral research on VR in terms of best practices regarding data collection, reporting, and availability. A meta-scientific content analysis of 61 …
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Diversifying digital media research
… knowledge? Using a mixed-methodological and meta-scientific approach, I investigate this question and examine the nuanced effects of digital technologies in a hard-to-reach sample of rural women, and nationally representative adolescent samples across 13 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, South …