Dropping Out of High School in the United States: An Observational Study.

Rosenbaum, Paul R.

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ERIC Number: EJ351716

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Publication Date: 1986

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Dropping Out of High School in the United States: An Observational Study.

Rosenbaum, Paul R.

Journal of Educational Statistics, v11 n3 p207-24 Fall 1986

Using data from the High School and Beyond, this article presents statistical procedures to estimate the effect of dropping out of high school on cognitive achievement test scores. Each sampled dropout is matched to a student remaining in the same school. Methods for addressing the possible omission of covariates are described. (BS)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Dropouts, Effect Size, High Schools, Hypothesis Testing, Matched Groups, Multivariate Analysis, Probability, Sampling, Statistical Analysis

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Language: English

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