Applying the regression-discontinuity design to infer causality with non-random assignment

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Lesik, Sally Andrea ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749571561     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2006.0055     Document Type: Article

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