IPA, the research non-profit that I run all my projects through, uses Google ads to bring in donors. Would people donate to research, and when?
Enter the randomized trial…
Our ad was simple:
Poverty Research
Breakthroughs to Fight Poverty
By [randomized] Researchers
Inside the brackets in the third line, Google ads then randomly inserted one of nine university names, one of three acronyms (IPA, JPAL, or FAI) , one of three “impostor” acronyms (ITA, GTAM, and MAI) that were phonetically similar to the real acronyms, or one of three generic words (university, top, and academic).
The worst performer: U Chicago. The best? See Dean Karlan’s post.
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Is this what Yale is really like? There appears to be an ongoing meme in this blog regarding status and the university: who is on “top,” who gets the most this or that….
It’s frankly quite nauseating.