The advantages of adaptive experiments have led to their rapid adoption in economics, other fields, as well as among … practitioners. However, adaptive experiments pose challenges for causal inference. This note suggests a BOLS (batched ordinary least … squares) test statistic for inference of treatment effects in adaptive experiments. The statistic provides a …

The advantages of adaptive experiments have led to their rapid adoption in economics, other fields, as well as among … practitioners. However, adaptive experiments pose challenges for causal inference. This note suggests a BOLS (batched ordinary least … squares) test statistic for inference of treatment effects in adaptive experiments. The statistic provides a …