Design of Observational Studies

An observational study is an empiric investigation of effects caused by treatments when randomized experimentation is unethical or infeasible. Observational studies are common in most fields that study the effects of treatments on people, including medicine, economics, epidemiology, education, psych...

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Auteur principal: Rosenbaum, Paul R.
Format: Livre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: New York, NY : Springer New York [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Édition:1st ed. 2010.
Collection:Springer Series in Statistics
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Edition sous un autre format:• Design of observational studies, Paul R. Rosenbaum, New York, Springer, 2010, 1 vol. (xviii- 384 p.), Springer series in statistics, 978-1-441-91212-1
Table des matières:
  • Beginnings Dilemmas and Craftsmanship Causal Inference in Randomized Experiments Two Simple Models for Observational Studies Competing Theories Structure Design Opportunities, Devices, and Instruments Transparency Matching A Matched Observational Study Basic Tools of Multivariate Matching Various Practical Issues in Matching Fine Balance Matching Without Groups Risk-Set Matching Matching in R Design Sensitivity The Power of a Sensitivity Analysis and Its Limit Heterogeneity and Causality Uncommon but Dramatic Responses to Treatment Anticipated Patterns of Response Planning Analysis After Matching, Before Analysis Planning the Analysis