"Waiting for Life to Arrive": A history of the regression-discontinuity design in Psychology, Statistics and Economics

By T. D. Cook. 2008

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Statistics and Probability

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Modern Regression Discontinuity Analysis (2012, background): “2Cook (2008) chronicled the history of regression discontinuity analysis.”
The role of spatial training in improving spatial and calculus performance in engineering students (2013, unknown): “…possible, an RD design is the recommended alternative to quasi-experimental and associational designs because it allows for an unbiased detection of treatment effects (Cook, 2008; Institute of Educational Sciences (IES), Technical Methods Report, 2008; Shadish, Galindo,Wong, Steiner, & Cook, 2011).”
Examining Prison Effects on Recidivism: A Regression Discontinuity Approach (2017, unknown): “In the past decade, the RD design has become increasingly recognized by and used in economic analyses of policies and programs (see Cook, 2008).”
Better Late than Nothing: Some Comments on Deaton (2009) and Heckman and Urzua (2009) (2010, background): “See Shadish, Campbell and Cook (2000), and Cook (2008) for a historical perspective. Within economics, however, the results in IA and Hahn, Todd, and VanderKlaauw (2001) are unusual.”
Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications (2008, background): “, Cook, R., Heid, C., Lopez, M., Zill, N.,et al. (2005). Head Start impact study: First year findings.”
Regression Discontinuity Designs (2021, unknown): “For example, Cook and Wong (2008) report a study of three empirical RD designs and how they compare to experimental benchmarks created by randomized experiments of the same intervention. See Chaplin, Cook, Zurovac, Coopersmith, Finucane, Vollmer, and Morris (2018), Hyytinen, Meriläinen, Saarimaa, To”
Regression Discontinuity Designs With Multiple Rating-Score Variables (2012, background): “…discontinuity (RD) designs for inferring causality in the absence of a randomized experiment have a long history in the social sciences (see Cook, 2008) and have become increasingly popular in recent years (e.g., Cook, Shadish, & Wong, 2008; Imbens & Lemieux, 2008a; Jacob & Lefgren, 2004;…”
A Practical Guide to Regression Discontinuity (2012, background): “For a review, see van der Klaauw (2008) and Cook (2008).”
A Primer on Propensity Score Analysis (2010, background): “Still, the opportunity to assign to conditions based on a cutoff is rare, no doubt partly accounting for the infrequent use of that design until very recently.(2)”
On doing better science: From thrill of discovery to policy implications (2017, methodology): “…Certo, Busenbark, Woo, & Semadeni, 2016; Li, 2013) or based known a cut-off but not modeling this assignment via a regression discontinuity design (Cook, 2008); Estimating mediation models via Baron-Kenny or the Preacher-Hayes type method, but not comparing estimates to an…”
On the Importance of Reliable Covariate Measurement in Selection Bias Adjustments Using Propensity Scores (2011, background): “Selection into conditions based solely on observed covariates in the manner of the RDD is relatively rare, although its use has increased somewhat in recent years (Cook, 2008).”
Wanna Get Away? Regression Discontinuity Estimation of Exam School Effects Away From the Cutoff (2015, background): “…the RD design implies that failure to control for ri is the only possible source of omitted variables bias in estimates of the causal effect of Di (Cook 2008 credited Goldberger 1972a and 1972b for the observation that when treatment status is determined solely by a pretreatment test score,…”
Statistical Power for Regression Discontinuity Designs in Education Evaluations (2009, background): “Accordingly, the literature suggests that the RD design might be a suitable alternative to a random assignment (RA) design when an experiment is not feasible (Cook, 2008).”
On making causal claims: A review and recommendations (2010, background): “Researchers should refer to Cook and Campbell (1979) and Shadis , et al.”