Statistical Power for the Comparative Regression Discontinuity Design with a Pretest No-Treatment Control Function: Theory and Evidence from the National Head Start Impact Study

Yang Tang and Thomas D. Cook

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Abstract: The basic regression discontinuity design (RDD) has less statistical power than a randomized control trial (RCT) with the same sample size.

Keywords: quasi-experimental design; methodology; methodological development; content area; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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