Causal Inference for Statistics, Social, and Biomedical Sciences: An Introduction

by Guido W. Imbens and Donald B. Rubin

Book Overview

Most questions in social and biomedical sciences are causal in nature: what would happen to individuals, or to groups, if part of their environment were changed? In this groundbreaking text, two world-renowned experts present statistical methods for studying such questions. This book starts with the notion of potential outcomes, each corresponding to the outcome that would be realized if a subject were exposed to a particular treatment or regime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521885884
• ISBN13: 9780521885881
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 644 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.3" x 10.0"