Regression-Discontinuity Analysis: An Alternative to the Ex-Post Facto Experiment

By Donald L. Thistlewaite, D. Campbell. 1960

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Class-Size Caps, Sorting, and the Regression-Discontinuity Design (2009, background): “Thistlewaite and Campbell (1960), is that discontinuities like those in Figure 5 can be used to identify the causal effect of class size even if enrollment is systematically related to factors that affect students’ outcomes.”
Regression-Discontinuity Analysis: A Survey of Recent Developments in Economics (2008, methodology): “The regression–discontinuity (RD) data design is an evaluation design that was first introduced by Thistlethwaite and Campbell (1960) as an alternative to the randomized experiment for evaluating social programs and interventions.”
Universal Primary Education and School Entry in Uganda (2008, methodology): “…types of regression discontinuity analyses have been used widely in the evaluation of educational programmes and school quality (see, for example, Thistlethwaite and Campbell, 1960; Angrist and Lavy, 1999; Black, 8 For more information on the DHS/World Bank household wealth index, the reader is…”
A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs (2019, methodology): “The RD design was originally proposed by Thistlethwaite and Campbell (1960), and historical as well as early review articles are given by Cook (2008), Imbens and Lemieux (2008), and Lee and Lemieux (2010).”
Identifying the Effect of Changing the Policy Threshold in Regression Discontinuity Models (2015, background): “To see why local policy invariance might not hold, consider the original Thistlethwaite and Campbell (1960) RD model, where T is receipt of a National Merit Award, X is the test score on the award-qualifying exam, c is the threshold grade required to qualify for the award, and Y is receipt of…”
The Value of School Facility Investments: Evidence from a Dynamic Regression Discontinuity Design (2010, background): “5 Early discussions of the RD design include Thistlethwaite and Campbell (1960) and Cook and Campbell (1979).”