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Thomas D Cook

  • 5107 Citations
1968 …2020

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Research Interests

Social Science Methodology, Evaluation Research, Social Science of Human Development.

Education/Academic qualification

Communication Research, PhD, Stanford University

1964 → 1967

Sociology, Saarland University

1963 → 1964

German and French, BA, University of Oxford

1959 → 1963

Research interests

  • Comprehensive school reform
  • Education policy
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Randomized experiments in education
  • School reform

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Grants

Multidisciplinary Program in Educational Sciences

Adam, E. K., Chase-Lansdale, L., Coburn, C. E., Cook, T. D., Destin, M. P., Easterday, M. W., Figlio, D. N., Gerber, E. M., Guryan, J. E., Hedges, L. V., Horn, M. S., Ispa-Landa, S., Jackson, C. K., Lam, W. S. E., Lee, C. D., Medin, D. L., Rapp, D. N., Rosenbaum, J. E., Schanzenbach, D. W., Sherin, B. L., Smilowitz, K. R., Spencer, B. D., Spillane, J. P. & Uttal, D. H.

Institute of Education Sciences

9/1/14 → 8/31/20

Project: Research project

    • Proposal to Conduct Annual Workshops on Better Quasi-Experimental Design and Analysis

    Cook, T. D.

    Institute of Education Sciences

    9/1/14 → 8/31/18

    Project: Research project

    • Validation of the Effectiveness of an Innovative Early Mathematics Intervention for High-Need Students: Evaluation

    Cook, T. D.

    WestEd, Institute of Education Sciences

    9/1/13 → 12/31/14

    Project: Research project

    • Findings from Empirical Within Study Comparisons About the Role of Pretests and Proxy Pretests in Adjusting for Selection Bias in STEM Quasi-Experiments

    Cook, T. D.

    National Science Foundation

    10/1/12 → 9/30/16

    Project: Research project

    Housing Trade-Offs As They Are Perceived and As They Affect Children's Well-Being

    Cook, T. D.

    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

    9/21/12 → 8/30/17

    Project: Research project

    Research Output

    How Much Bias Results if a Quasi-Experimental Design Combines Local Comparison Groups, a Pretest Outcome Measure and Other Covariates? A Within Study Comparison of Preschool Effects

    Cook, T. D., Zhu, N., Klein, A., Starkey, P. & Thomas, J., Jan 1 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Psychological methods.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • The selection of comparators for randomized controlled trials of health-related behavioral interventions: recommendations of an NIH expert panel

    National Institutes of Health Office of Behavioral, Social Sciences Research Expert Panel on Comparator Selection in Behavioral & Social Science Clinical Trials, Jun 2019, In : Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 110, p. 74-81 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

    • 8 Scopus citations

    Comparative Regression Discontinuity: A Stress Test With Small Samples

    Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Cook, T. D., Tang, Y. & Clark, M. H., Feb 1 2018, In : Evaluation Review. 42, 1, p. 111-143 33 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 4 Scopus citations

    Pretest measures of the study outcome and the elimination of selection bias: Evidence from three within study comparisons

    Hallberg, K., Cook, T. D., Steiner, P. M. & Clark, M. H., Jan 1 2018, In : Prevention Science. 19, 3, p. 274-283 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 6 Scopus citations

    Redefine statistical significance

    Benjamin, D. J., Berger, J. O., Johannesson, M., Nosek, B. A., Wagenmakers, E. J., Berk, R., Bollen, K. A., Brembs, B., Brown, L., Camerer, C., Cesarini, D., Chambers, C. D., Clyde, M., Cook, T. D., De Boeck, P., Dienes, Z., Dreber, A., Easwaran, K., Efferson, C., Fehr, E. & 52 others, Fidler, F., Field, A. P., Forster, M., George, E. I., Gonzalez, R., Goodman, S., Green, E., Green, D. P., Greenwald, A. G., Hadfield, J. D., Hedges, L. V., Held, L., Hua Ho, T., Hoijtink, H., Hruschka, D. J., Imai, K., Imbens, G., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Jeon, M., Jones, J. H., Kirchler, M., Laibson, D., List, J., Little, R., Lupia, A., Machery, E., Maxwell, S. E., McCarthy, M., Moore, D. A., Morgan, S. L., Munafó, M., Nakagawa, S., Nyhan, B., Parker, T. H., Pericchi, L., Perugini, M., Rouder, J., Rousseau, J., Savalei, V., Schönbrodt, F. D., Sellke, T., Sinclair, B., Tingley, D., Van Zandt, T., Vazire, S., Watts, D. J., Winship, C., Wolpert, R. L., Xie, Y., Young, C., Zinman, J. & Johnson, V. E., Jan 1 2018, In : Nature human behaviour. 2, 1, p. 6-10 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

    556 Scopus citations