Blog More signal, less noise: using ANCOVA analysis in RCTs 23 September 2026 Difference-in-Differences is often the default choice for evaluating RCTs with baseline data, but ANCOVA is usually the sharper, more powerful tool. Drawing on a reanalysis of two large business-support trials involving 7,000 UK firms, this post shows how ANCOVA reduces statistical noise, improves precision, and uncovers hidden treatment heterogeneity without forcing an inefficient one-for-one baseline adjustment. Read more about More signal, less noise: using ANCOVA analysis in RCTs
Policy report Building evidence on AI-assisted review in public funding 22 September 2026 Read more about Building evidence on AI-assisted review in public funding
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Blog Are you ready for an RCT?: Practical lessons for running randomised controlled trials in small businesses 28 June 2018 Read more about Are you ready for an RCT?: Practical lessons for running randomised controlled trials in small businesses
Blog Moving from confusing present to a more practical future: A practical framework for applying evidence in decision-making 28 June 2018 Read more about Moving from confusing present to a more practical future: A practical framework for applying evidence in decision-making
Blog It isn’t clear how we solve the productivity puzzle, so let’s experiment 11 June 2018 Read more about It isn’t clear how we solve the productivity puzzle, so let’s experiment
Blog How would you spend $10 million to ensure more children become innovators later on in life? 10 June 2018 Read more about How would you spend $10 million to ensure more children become innovators later on in life?
Blog Developing a board game for innovation policymakers 30 May 2018 Read more about Developing a board game for innovation policymakers
Blog What are we learning from policy experiments to increase innovation and entrepreneurship? 25 May 2018 Read more about What are we learning from policy experiments to increase innovation and entrepreneurship?
Blog The five questions for innovation and entrepreneurship policymakers that we’ll tackle at IGL2018 23 May 2018 Read more about The five questions for innovation and entrepreneurship policymakers that we’ll tackle at IGL2018
Blog How to be more bee-like (and go from richer innovation maps to better innovation policies) 15 March 2018 Science and Innovation Funding Data science & innovation mapping Read more about How to be more bee-like (and go from richer innovation maps to better innovation policies)
Blog The impact of soft-skills training for microentrepreneurs in Jamaica 26 January 2018 Read more about The impact of soft-skills training for microentrepreneurs in Jamaica
Blog What are the effects of a scientific approach to entrepreneurial experimentation? 24 January 2018 Read more about What are the effects of a scientific approach to entrepreneurial experimentation?
Blog The EU launches a new funding call for experimental innovation support programmes 9 November 2017 Read more about The EU launches a new funding call for experimental innovation support programmes
