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Thomas D Cook

  • 4815 Citations
1968 …2020
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Education/Academic qualification

Communication Research, PhD, Stanford University

1964 → 1967

Sociology, University of the Saar

1963 → 1964

German and French, BA, Oxford University

1959 → 1963

Research interests

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

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Grants 2004 2020

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

science
student
education
educational policy
research method

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

experiment
contract research
student
Teaching
research practice

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

working group
mathematics
evaluation
data analysis
student

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 1968 2019

2 Citations (Scopus)

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 1 2019, In : Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 110, p. 74-81 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Randomized Controlled Trials
Health
Behavioral Sciences
Social Sciences
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
4 Citations (Scopus)

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

regression
Discontinuity
Small Sample
experiment
trend
6 Citations (Scopus)

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

Selection Bias
Observational Studies
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Education
Datasets
406 Citations (Scopus)

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

4 Citations (Scopus)

Statistical power for the comparative regression discontinuity design with a nonequivalent comparison group

Tang, Y., Cook, T. D. & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Mar 2018, In : Psychological methods. 23, 1, p. 150-168 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article