FJ Thoemmes, ES Kim - Multivariate behavioral research, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The use of propensity scores in psychological and educational research has been steadily increasing in the last 2 to 3 years. However, there are some common misconceptions about …
DC Gottfredson, TD Cook, FEM Gardner… - Prevention science, 2015 - Springer
A decade ago, the Society of Prevention Research (SPR) endorsed a set of standards for evidence related to research on prevention interventions. These standards (Flay et al …
Educational policy-makers around the world constantly make decisions about how to use scarce resources to improve the education of children. Unfortunately, their decisions are …
PH Rossi, MW Lipsey, HE Freeman - 2003 - books.google.com
Since Peter H. Rossi, Mark W. Lipsey, and Howard E. Freeman first published Evaluation: A Systematic Approach, more than 90,000 readers have considered it the premier text on how …
PW Holland - Journal of the American statistical Association, 1986 - Taylor & Francis
Problems involving causal inference have dogged at the heels of statistics since its earliest days. Correlation does not imply causation, and yet causal conclusions drawn from a …
E Duflo, R Glennerster, M Kremer - Handbook of development economics, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper is a practical guide (a toolkit) for researchers, students and practitioners wishing to introduce randomization as part of a research design in the field. It first covers the …
JW Tucker - Journal of Accounting Literature, 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
While managers' accounting and financial decisions are, for many, fascinating topics, selection bias poses a serious challenge to researchers estimating the decisions' effects …
M Ravallion - Handbook of development economics, 2007 - Elsevier
The chapter critically reviews the methods available for the ex post counterfactual analysis of programs that are assigned exclusively to individuals, households or locations. The …
This paper analyzes 12 recent within‐study comparisons contrasting causal estimates from a randomized experiment with those from an observational study sharing the same …