Regression-Discontinuity Design
Publications

In Reverse Chronological Order

Cappelleri J.C. and Trochim W. (2000). Cutoff Designs. In: Chow, Shein-Chung (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 149-156. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker.

Cappelleri, J.C. and Trochim, W. (1995). Ethical and scientific features of cutoff-based designs of clinical trials: A simulation study. Medical Decision Making, 15, 4, 387-394.

Reichardt, C.S., Trochim, W. and Cappelleri, J. (1995). Reports of the death of the regression-discontinuity design are greatly exaggerated. Evaluation Review, 19, 1, 39-63.

Cappelleri, J. and Trochim, W. (1994). An illustrative statistical analysis of cutoff-based randomized clinical trials. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 47, 261-270.

Cappelleri, J., Darlington, R.B. and Trochim, W. (1994). Power analysis of cutoff-based randomized clinical trials. Evaluation Review, 18, 141-152.

Trochim, W. (1994). The regression-discontinuity design: An introduction. Research Methods Paper Series, Number 1, Thresholds National Research and Training Center on Rehabilitation and Mental Illness, Chicago, IL.

Trochim, W. and Cappelleri, J.C. (1992). Cutoff assignment strategies for enhancing randomized clinical trials. Controlled Clinical Trials, 13, 190-212.

Cappelleri, J.C., Trochim, W., Stanley, T.D., and Reichardt, C.S. (1991). Random measurement error doesn't bias the treatment effect estimate in the regression-discontinuity design: I. The case of no interaction. Evaluation Review, 15, 4, 395-419.

Trochim, W., Cappelleri, J.C. and Reichardt, C.S. (1991). Random measurement error doesn't bias the treatment effect estimate in the regression-discontinuity design: II. When an interaction effect is present. Evaluation Review, 15,5, 571-604.

Trochim, W. (1990). Regression-discontinuity design in health evaluation. In L. Sechrest, E. Perrin and J. Bunker (Eds.). Research Methodology: Strengthening Causal Interpretations of Nonexperimental Data. U.S. Dept. of HHS, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Washington, D.C.

Trochim, W. The Regression-Discontinuity Design in Health Evaluation. Invited presentation at the conference on Strengthening Causal Interpretations of Non-Experimental Data sponsored by the National Center for Health Services Research and Technology Assessment, Tucson, April 8-10, 1987.

Trochim, W. (1984). Research Design for Program Evaluation: The Regression-Discontinuity Approach. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications. Also, please note: Missing pages 68-87.

Trochim, W. (1983). Methodologically-based discrepancies in compensatory education evaluations. Evaluation Studies Review Annual, Volume 8, Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.

Trochim, W. (1982). Methodologically-based discrepancies in compensatory education evaluations. Evaluation Review, 6, 4, 443-480.