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Autor/inn/en | Sales, Adam C.; Hansen, Ben B. |
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Titel | Limitless Regression Discontinuity |
Quelle | In: Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 45 (2020) 2, S.143-174 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1076-9986 |
DOI | 10.3102/1076998619884904 |
Schlagwörter | Regression (Statistics); Computation; Statistical Inference; Robustness (Statistics); Randomized Controlled Trials; Public Health; Educational Research; Simulation; Statistical Analysis; Grade Point Average; Foreign Countries; College Students; Puerto Rico; Canada |
Abstract | Conventionally, regression discontinuity analysis contrasts a univariate regression's limits as its independent variable, "R," approaches a cut point, "c," from either side. Alternative methods target the average treatment effect in a small region around "c," at the cost of an assumption that treatment assignment, I[R<c], is ignorable vis-à-vis potential outcomes. Instead, the method presented in this article assumes "residual ignorability," ignorability of treatment assignment vis-à-vis detrended potential outcomes. Detrending is effected not with ordinary least squares but with MM estimation, following a distinct phase of sample decontamination. The method's inferences acknowledge uncertainty in both of these adjustments, despite its applicability whether "R" is discrete or continuous; it is uniquely robust to leading validity threats facing regression discontinuity designs. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2024/1/01 |