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SUBMITTER: O'Keeffe AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5111792 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
O'Keeffe Aidan G AG Baio Gianluca G
Scandinavian journal of statistics, theory and applications 20160322 4
Regression discontinuity designs (RD designs) are used as a method for causal inference from observational data, where the decision to apply an intervention is made according to a 'decision rule' that is linked to some continuous variable. Such designs are being increasingly developed in medicine. The local average treatment effect (LATE) has been established as an estimator of the intervention effect in an RD design, particularly where a design's 'decision rule' is not adhered to strictly. Esti ...[more]