Quiz — EA Fellowship

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According to the Singer chapter, why was GiveWell’s work significant for charitable giving?

It proved that all charities are equally effective once you account for overhead costsIt revealed enormous variation in cost-effectiveness across charities—some saved lives for thousands of dollars, others cost hundreds of times more for the same outcomeIt showed that only large organisations can deliver cost-effective programmesIt demonstrated that donors should only give to charities operating in their own country

What’s the key difference between QALYs and DALYs?

QALYs measure health gained; DALYs measure health lostQALYs are used in global health; DALYs are used by the NHSQALYs include subjective wellbeing; DALYs only measure physical healthQALYs are more accurate; DALYs are easier to calculate

DALYs allow comparisons across health interventions by:

Asking recipients how satisfied they are with their livesConverting different health outcomes into a common unit (years of healthy life lost))Measuring how much money recipients earn after treatmentCounting the number of people treated per dollar spent

GiveWell’s moral weights assign a value of roughly 100 to averting a death and 1 to doubling consumption for one person for one year. What is the main consequence of this choice?

It makes all health interventions look better than cash transfersIt determines whether GiveWell recommends health charities or cash transfer programmes—small changes in the ratio can flip the rankingIt proves that saving lives is objectively more important than reducing povertyIt has no practical effect because GiveWell uses other criteria too

According to the evidence hierarchy, which of the following would you trust most as evidence that an intervention works?

A single testimonial from a programme beneficiaryA before-and-after study with no comparison groupPlausible theory suggesting the intervention should helpA systematic review of multiple well-conducted randomised controlled trials

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