Design of Observational Studies
He is a senior fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and a Research Associate at the Population Studies Center, both at the University of Pennsylvania. The second edition of his book, Observational Studies, was published by Springer in 2002
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2010, 2010
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2010 |
| Series: | Springer Series in Statistics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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