Randomized trials are far less vulnerable to author bias than regressions because it is easier to 'cook the books' on regressions; the Moving to Opportunity experiment exemplifies this—its funders expected vouchers letting poor families move to middle-class neighborhoods to dramatically improve life outcomes, but preliminary results across ~40 life-chance measures over years show little improvement.

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Ian Ayres

Evidence Quote

I don't think there's as much author bias in randomized studies

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Ian Ayres on Super Crunchers and the Power of Data 10/22/2007EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 10:31:42 AM

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