Preface: Better Evaluation for Evidence-Based Policy:
Place Randomized Trials in Education, Criminology, Welfare, and Health
Robert F. Boruch

Using Place-Based Random Assignment and Comparative Interrupted Time-Series Analysis to Evaluate the Jobs-Plus Employment Program for Public Housing Residents
Howard S. Bloom and James A. Riccio

HIV Prevention Among Women in Low-Income Housing Developments:
Issues and Intervention Outcomes in a Place-Based Randomized Controlled Trial
Kathleen J. Sikkema

Cluster Randomized Trials of Professional and Organizational Behavior Change Interventions in Health Care Settings
Jeremy Grimshaw, Martin Eccles, Marion Campbell, and Diana Elbourne

Cluster Randomized Trials for the Evaluation of Strategies Designed to Promote Evidence-Based Practice in Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine
Laura C. Leviton and Jeffrey D. Horbar

Historical Review of School-Based Randomized Trials for Evaluating Problem Behavior Prevention Programs
Brian R. Flay and Linda M. Collins

Place-Based Randomized Trials to Test the Effects on Instructional Practices of a Mathematics/Science Professional Development Program for Teachers
Andrew C. Porter, Rolf K. Blank, John L. Smithson, and Eric Osthoff

Emergent Principles for the Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Cluster-Based Experiments in Social Science
Thomas D. Cook

Randomization and Social Program Evaluation: The Case of Progresa
Susan W. Parker and Graciela M. Teruel

Hot Spots Policing Experiments and Criminal Justice Research: Lessons From the Field
David Weisburd

Introducing New Contraceptives in Rural China: A Field Experiment
Herbert L. Smith

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