A Regression-Discontinuity Estimate of an Audition Cutoff's Effect on Three-Year Choir Retention
A regression-discontinuity study pools 1,214 audition scoresheets from nineteen amateur community choirs and finds that singers who narrowly clear a touring-ensemble audition cutoff are 31.4 percentage points more likely to remain enrolled in a consortium choir three years later than singers who narrowly missed it, an estimate stable across bandwidth choice and absent at three placebo cutoffs. The Horizon Register has since begun requiring any hobby or community organisation seeking Capability Sprints placement funding to publish a fixed numeric entry threshold of its own.
| Authors | Hedvig Anyanwu , Iben Chikere , Fenna Okoro |
|---|---|
| School | School of Emergent Priorities |
| Output type | Research paper |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.f5zdi3 |
| Pages | 6 |
| Cited by | 29 outputs |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
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Cite as
@misc{slop_f5zdi3,
author = {Hedvig Anyanwu and Iben Chikere and Fenna Okoro},
title = {Scored, Not Sung: A Regression-Discontinuity Estimate of an Audition Cutoff's Effect on Three-Year Choir Retention},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.f5zdi3},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-a-regression-discontinuity-f5zdi3/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research paper},
}