Multiple choices text and solution Exercise 3

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7th of May 1. Which of the following is NOT a reason to conduct impact evaluation? • A) To decide whether to fund an intervention. • B) To reassure funders about wise investment. • C) To increase the salary of the program manager. • D) To learn how to replicate or scale up a pilot. 2. What is the main difficulty in impact evaluation? • A) Measuring costs. • B) Measuring benefits. • C) Assigning causality. • D) Finding participants. 3. Which of the following techniques for impact evaluation is considered the "gold standard"? • A) Matching methods. • B) Difference-in-difference technique. • C) Instrumental variables. • D) Randomized control trials (RCT). 4. In Propensity Score Matching, what is the first step? • A) Matching individuals based on estimated probability of participation. • B) Estimating the probability of program participation as a function of observable characteristics. • C) Calculating the average treatment effect. • D) Collecting data on the outcome variable. 5. Which of the following is NOT a potential problem of RCTs? • A) Hawthorne effect. • B) John Henry effect. • C) Contamination or spillover effects. • D) External validity. 6. In the Difference-in-Differences method, what is the crucial assumption? • A) No selection bias. • B) Random assignment. • C) Parallel trends between the control and the treatment without intervention. • D) No external factors influencing the outcome. 7. Which technique involves comparing outcomes just below and just above a threshold? • A) Instrumental variables. • B) Event analysis. • C) Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD). • D) Roll-outs with panel data. 8. In the context of impact evaluation, what does ToT stand for? • A) Total of Treatments. • B) Treatment on the Treated. • C) Time of Treatment. • D) Trial of Treatment.…