Pretest Measures of the Study Outcome and the Elimination of Selection Bias: Evidence from Three Within Study Comparisons

Kelly Hallberg, Thomas D. Cook, Peter M. Steiner and M. H. Clark

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Abstract: This paper examines how pretest measures of a study outcome reduce selection bias in observational studies in education.

Keywords: Within-study comparison; Propensity score matching; Randomized experiment; Causal inference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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