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Reducing Bias and Increasing Precision by Adding Either a Pretest Measure of the Study Outcome or a Nonequivalent Comparison Group to the Basic Regression Discontinuity Design: An Example from Education
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Tang, Yang; Cook, Thomas D.; Kisbu-Sakarya, Yasemin – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
Regression discontinuity design (RD) has been widely used to produce reliable causal estimates. Researchers have validated the accuracy of RD design using within study comparisons (Cook, Shadish & Wong, 2008; Cook & Steiner, 2010; Shadish et al, 2011). Within study comparisons examines the validity of a quasi-experiment by comparing its…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Statistical Bias, Accuracy, Regression (Statistics)
Strengthening the Regression Discontinuity Design Using Additional Design Elements: A Within-Study Comparison
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Wing, Coady; Cook, Thomas D. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013
The sharp regression discontinuity design (RDD) has three key weaknesses compared to the randomized clinical trial (RCT). It has lower statistical power, it is more dependent on statistical modeling assumptions, and its treatment effect estimates are limited to the narrow subpopulation of cases immediately around the cutoff, which is rarely of…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Research Design, Statistical Analysis, Research Problems