Effects attributable to treatment: Inference in experiments and observational studies with a discrete pivot

Biometrika

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 219-231

  Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributable risk; Control median test; Fisher's exact test; Placement; Randomisation inference; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010018801     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/88.1.219     Document Type: Article

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