%0 Journal Article
%T Randomized Experiments and Reality of Public and Nonprofit Organizations: Understanding and Bridging the Gap
%A Nicola Belle
%A Paola Cantarelli
%J Review of Public Personnel Administration
%@ 1552-759X
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0734371X17697246
%X This article aims to contribute to the methodological advancement of experimental public administration, a nascent and promising literature stream. The article discusses the assumptions behind the theory of experimentation and the consequences of their violation; the main types of experimental designs (i.e., lab experiments, artefactual, framed, and natural field experiments); discrete choice experiments, neglected so far in our discipline for no good reason; the computation of optimal sample sizes; and the procedures for dealing with noncompliance in field experiments. The article concludes by providing tips to help public administration scholars bridge the gap between randomized trials and reality
%K randomized control trials
%K experiments
%K experimental designs
%K external validity
%K discrete choice experiment
%K optimal sample size
%K noncompliance
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0734371X17697246