2007 Working Papers

Poverty, Race, and Inequality

WP-07-01
The Correlates of Work in a Post-AFDC World: The Results from a Longitudinal State-Level Analysis
Dan A. Lewis, Spyros Konstantopoulos, and Lisa Altenbernd

WP-07-06
The Racial Geography of State "Child Protection"
Dorothy Roberts

Quantitative Methods for Policy Research

Center for Improving Methods for Quantitative Policy Research (Q-Center)

WP-07-02
Empirical Tests of the Validity of the Regression-Discontinuity Design
Thomas D. Cook and Vivian C. Wong

WP-07-03
"Waiting for Life to Arrive": A History of the Regression-Discontinuity Design in Psychology, Statistics, and Economics
Thomas D. Cook

WP-07-04
Computing Power of Tests for the Variability of Treatment Effects in Designs with Two Levels of Nesting
Spyros Konstantopoulos

WP-07-05
The Power of the Test in Three-Level Designs
Spyros Konstantopoulos

WP-07-12
How Long Do Teacher Effects Persist?
Spyros Konstantopoulos

WP-07-13
Effect Sizes in Thre Level Cluster Randomized Experiments
Larry V. Hedges

WP-07-14
Correcting a Significance Test for Clustering in Designs With Two Levels of Nesting
Larry V. Hedges

WP-07-15
Constructing a More Powerful Test in Three-Level Cluster Randomized Designs
Spyros Konstantopoulos

Politics, Institutions, and Public Policy

WP-07-08
Adaptive Partial Drug Approval
Charles F. Manski

WP-07-10
Segmented Representation: The Reagan White House and Disproportionate Responsiveness
James N. Druckman and Lawrence R. Jacobs

Communications, Media, and Public Opinion

WP-07-07
Public Opinion on Energy Policy, 1974-2006
Toby Bolsen and Fay Lomax Cook

WP-07-09
The Technological Development of Candidate Websites: How and Why Candidates Use Web Innovations
James N. Druckman, Martin Kifer, and Michael Parkin

WP-07-11
Going Negative in a New Media Age: Congressional Campaign Websites, 2002-2006
James N. Druckman, Martin Kifer, and Michael Parkin