Perry Preschool program is the archetypal example of the 'rule of one' in social science: a small-sample intervention (40 kids control, 40 experimental) showing positive effects, widely cited despite hundreds of other preschool interventions showing no effect, because it supports the desired conclusion.
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Charles MurrayEvidence Quote
“you have poor little perry preschool with a control group of 40 kids...the one that everybody cites”
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