A Robust, Differentially Private Randomized Experiment for Evaluating Online Educational Programs With Sensitive Student Data
面向敏感学生数据的稳健差分隐私随机实验
Randomized control trials (RCTs) have been the gold standard to evaluate the effectiveness of a program, policy, or treatment on an outcome of interest. However, many RCTs assume that study participants are willing to share their (potentially sensitive) data, specifically their response to treatment. This assumption, while trivial at first, is becoming difficult to satisfy in the modern era, especially in online settings where there are more regulations to protect…