Propensity Score Matching Techniques: Simulation and Application in an Educational Research Context

<p>Propensity score matching is a relatively new technique used in observational studies to approximate data that have been randomly assigned to treatment. This technique assimilates the values of several covariates into a single propensity score that is used as a matching variable to create similar groups.</p> <p>This dissertation comprises two separate but related studies. The first is a simulation wherein generated data are analyzed to determine if one of three propensity score matching techniques performs more effectively in reducing sample bias and if those methods more accurately detect a simulated effect size than does a traditional analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Campus Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Studies

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Phillips, Shane Michael

Contributors dc:contributor

• Michael A Seaman

• Education
• Educational Psychology
• Matching
• Propensity Score

Statement dc:rights

• © 2012, Shane Michael Phillips

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/1032

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-2033