Design of Observational Studies

by Paul R. Rosenbaum

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461424860
• ISBN13: 9781461424864
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"