Using Propensity Scores in Quasi-Experimental Designs

by William M. Holmes

Book Overview

Using an accessible approach perfect for social and behavioral science students (requiring minimal use of matrix and vector algebra), Holmes examines how propensity scores can be used to both reduce bias with different kinds of quasi-experimental designs and fix or improve broken experiments. This unique book covers the causal assumptions of propensity score estimates and their many uses, linking these uses with analysis appropriate for different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452205264
• ISBN13: 9781452205267
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.1"