THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VALIDITY OF THE REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGN: A META‐ANALYSIS OF 15 WITHIN‐STUDY COMPARISONS.

Abstract: <italic>Theory predicts that regression discontinuity (RD) provides valid causal inference at the cutoff score that determines treatment assignment. One purpose of this paper is to test RD's internal validity across 15 studies. Each of them assesses the correspondence between causal estima...

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Published in:	Journal of Policy Analysis & Management Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 403 - 430
Main Authors:	Chaplin, Duncan D., Cook, Thomas D., Zurovac, Jelena, Coopersmith, Jared S., Finucane, Mariel M., Vollmer, Lauren N., Morris, Rebecca E.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Spring2018
Subjects:	Regression discontinuity design Randomized controlled trials Bayesian analysis Statistical decision making Standard deviations
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