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Abbreviated Interrupted Time-Series - Institute for Policy Research

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Analytic Model<br />

• NCLB Public vs. Catholic school contrast<br />

• Model<br />

Y<br />

tj<br />

= β + β ( year)<br />

0<br />

+ β ( policy×<br />

group)<br />

6<br />

1<br />

• Low Power<br />

• Only 3 groups (public, Catholic, non‐Catholic private) with 8 time<br />

points. So only 24 degrees of freedom<br />

• Autocorrelation<br />

– Few solutions<br />

tj<br />

+ β ( group)<br />

2<br />

tj<br />

+ β ( policy)<br />

+ β ( policy×<br />

year×<br />

group)<br />

7<br />

+ β ( year×<br />

group)<br />

+ ε ,<br />

– Cannot use clustering algorithm because there are not enough groups<br />

– Robust s.e. used but results less conservative<br />

j<br />

3<br />

tj<br />

4<br />

tj<br />

tj<br />

tj<br />

+ β ( policy×<br />

year)<br />

5<br />

tj

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