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Using Nearest Neighbor Propensity Score Matching to Estimate the Effects of Dual Enrollment Location. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1
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Grant Clayton; Joseph Taylor – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2024
In the United States high school students may take college level courses that count for credit in both high school and college, often called dual enrollment. Students may take courses at their high school from certified instructors or at a local college. We investigate possible differences between these two groups of students using student level…
Descriptors: Probability, Scores, Computation, Dual Enrollment
Using Propensity Score Matching to Assess the Intermediate Effects of a Community-Based College Preparation Program. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 2
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Barry Aidman – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
This case study examines the research process used to assess the intermediate effects of a community-based college preparation program in a fast growth, high needs exurban school district in Texas. Because it was not possible to randomly assign participants to treatment or control conditions, a nonexperimental design using propensity score…
Descriptors: Probability, Scores, College Preparation, College Programs
Propensity Score Analysis Statistical Methods and Applications. Second Edition. Advanced Quantitative Techniques in the Social Sciences. Volume 11
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Guo, Shenyang; Fraser, Mark W. – SAGE Publications Ltd (CA), 2014
Fully updated to reflect the most recent changes in the field, the Second Edition of "Propensity Score Analysis" provides an accessible, systematic review of the origins, history, and statistical foundations of propensity score analysis, illustrating how it can be used for solving evaluation and causal-inference problems. With a strong…
Descriptors: Probability, Scores, Statistical Analysis, Causal Models
Designing a Quasi-Experimental Study to Test the Community College Penalty Using Propensity Score Matching Methods. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 2
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Cecile C. Dietrich; Eric J. Lichtenberger – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
We present a case study of the process through which a methodology was developed and applied to a quasi-experimental research study that employed propensity score matching. Methodological decisions are discussed and summarized, including an explanation of the approaches selected for each step in the study as well as rationales for these…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Quasiexperimental Design, Community Colleges, Fees
Causal Inference for Statistics, Social, and Biomedical Sciences: An Introduction
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Imbens, Guido W.; Rubin, Donald B. – Cambridge University Press, 2015
Most questions in social and biomedical sciences are causal in nature: what would happen to individuals, or to groups, if part of their environment were changed? In this groundbreaking text, two world-renowned experts present statistical methods for studying such questions. This book starts with the notion of potential outcomes, each corresponding…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Statistical Inference, Statistics, Social Sciences
Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition
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Zimmer, Ron; Gill, Brian; Booker, Kevin; Lavertu, Stephane; Sass, Tim R.; Witte, John – RAND Corporation, 2009
The first U.S. charter school opened in 1992, and the scale of the charter movement has since grown to 4,000 schools and more than a million students in 40 states plus the District of Columbia. With this growth has also come a contentious debate about the effects of the schools on their own students and on students in nearby traditional public…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Research Methodology, Probability, Student Characteristics