With all these universities, K-12 schools, NBA, NHL, SXSW, Coachella, cruises, Disney etc. closed, suspended or cancelled... You know what I'm about to say! Folks, dust off out all your regression-discontinuity designs!
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Replying to @misfitbookclub @zeynep
I'll be damned if I know.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_discontinuity_design …
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Replying to @theDanaDuke @misfitbookclub
It's a way of testing things that you can't ordinarily randomize. When things cut-off abruptly, and unexpectedly, you have a before and after to compare with some formalized methods. So it's good for research.
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Replying to @zeynep @theDanaDuke
And I guess that means we don’t/won’t/can’t yet know if it’s “good” for flattening the curve?
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Replying to @misfitbookclub @theDanaDuke
It will, but how badly will we get slammed before that? Unclear, as of yet.
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