Title
A Practical Guide to Regression Discontinuity
A Practical Guide to Regression Discontinuity
What is this about?
The paper is intended to serve as a practitionersÂ’ guide to implementing RD designs. It seeks to explain things in easy-to-understand language and to offer best practices and general guidance to those attempting an RD analysis. In addition, the guide illustrates the various techniques available to researchers and explores their strengths and weaknesses using a simulated dataset.
The paper is intended to serve as a practitionersÂ’ guide to implementing RD designs. It seeks to explain things in easy-to-understand language and to offer best practices and general guidance to those attempting an RD analysis. In addition, the guide illustrates the various techniques available to researchers and explores their strengths and weaknesses using a simulated dataset.
Type
Educational
Educational
Year
2012
2012
Domain
causal_inference
causal_inference
Reference
Web site: www.mdrc.org
Web site: www.mdrc.org
Keywords
Regression discontinuity approach, internal validity, generalizability
Regression discontinuity approach, internal validity, generalizability
Open access
Yes
Yes
Code
No
No
Lifecycle Tutorial
No
No
Not specified