"A Randomized Experiment Comparing Random to Nonrandom Assignment" by Steffi Pohl:
- Design
- Unadjusted Results
- Propensity Scores
- Adjustment
- Results
- Discussion
- Covariates
"Do Randomized and Non-Randomized Trials Yield Different Answers in Similar Popilations?" by Oliver Kuss:
- RCTs and Non-RCTs
- Meta-Randomization?
- Meta-Propensity Score
- Clinical topic
- Methods
- Results
- Differences of ORs (PS-RCT) in the "Meta-matched" sample
- Conclusion
"New Frontiers in Regression - Discontinuity Design (RDD) by Vivian C. Wong:
- RDD Visual Depiction
- Two Rationales for RDD
- RDD Renaissance in Education
- Missing AYP over Multiple Years under NCLB
- RDD Issues in the Context of No Child Left Behind
- Proposed solution
- Implications
"Fair Comparisons in School Effectiveness Studies and Their Causal Interpretation" by Christiane Fiege:
- Fairness in school effectiveness studies
- Theory of causal effects
- Adjustment procedure in the Thuringian Competency Test
- Summary & discussion