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ArticleAsia Pacific education review2024

Quasi-Experimental Designs for Causal Inference: An Overview.

Heining Cham, Hyunjung Lee, Igor Migunov

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Article in Asia Pacific education review, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Adolescents' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards NCDs: the Impact of a Novel Preventive School-Based Approach.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Heining ChamDepartment of Psychology, Fordham University, 441 E. Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Hyunjung LeeDepartment of Psychology, Fordham University, 441 E. Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Igor MigunovDepartment of Psychology, Fordham University, 441 E. Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.

Funding

Study of Aging Latinas/os for Understanding Dementia in HIV (SALUD HIV)R01AG065110 · NIA · FORDHAM UNIVERSITY · PI RIVERA-MINDT, MONICA G. · 2020 to 2024
$4.1M
Social-Environmental Predictors of Sleep Disparities During the Transition toCollegeR01MD015715 · NIMHD · FORDHAM UNIVERSITY · PI YIP, TIFFANY · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
Perceived Negative Treatment and Adolescent Substance Use: Understanding Moderating Mechanisms of Sleep and Neighborhood Environment in the ABCD StudyR01MD015763 · NIMHD · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, YIJIE · 2021 to 2025
$2.1M
Sleep disturbance and inhibitory control as proximal predictors of suicidal ideation and behavior: A daily diary and actigraphy study of young adultsR21MH124902 · NIMH · FORDHAM UNIVERSITY · PI ANDOVER, MARGARET S. · 2021 to 2022
$448k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG065110NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD015715NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD015763NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH124902
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The randomized control trial (RCT) is the primary experimental design in education research due to its strong internal validity for causal inference. However, in situations where RCTs are not feasible or ethical, quasi-experiments are alternatives to establish causal inference. This paper serves as an introduction to several quasi-experimental designs: regression discontinuity design, difference-in-differences analysis, interrupted time series design, instrumental variable analysis, and propensity score analysis with examples in education research.

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difference-in-differencesinstrumental variableinterrupted time seriespropensity scoreQuasi-experimentregression discontinuity

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PMID41953643
PMCPMC13054853

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