3 papers
stat.AP2019
Principled estimation of regression discontinuity designs
L. Jason Anastasopoulos
Regression discontinuity designs are frequently used to estimate the causal effect of election outcomes and policy interventions. In these contexts, treatment effects are typically…
cs.CY2019
The Adoption of Robotics by Government Agencies: Evidence from Crime Labs
Andrew B. Whitford, Jeff Yates, Adam Burchfield +2
While firms and factories often adopt technologies like robotics and advanced manufacturing techniques at a fast rate, government agencies are often seen as lagging in their adopti…
cs.CY2018
Machine Learning for Public Administration Research, with Application to Organizational Reputation
L. Jason Anastasopoulos, Andrew B. Whitford
Machine learning methods have gained a great deal of popularity in recent years among public administration scholars and practitioners. These techniques open the door to the analys…