An Evaluation of California's Inmate Classification System Using a Generalized Regression Discontinuity Design
用广义断点回归设计评估加利福尼亚州囚犯分类系统
Published studies using the regression discontinuity design have been limited to cases in which linear regression is applied to a categorical treatment indicator and an equal interval outcome. This is unnecessarily narrow. We show here how a generalization the usual regression discontinuity design can be applied in a wider range of situations. We focus on the use of categorical treatment and response variables, but we also consider the more general case of any regression…