Matching using estimated propensity scores: Relating theory to practice

Biometrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 249-264

  Rubin, Donald B ^a   Thomas, Neal ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias reduction; Nonrandomized studies; Observational studies

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING;

ANALYTIC APPROXIMATION; BIAS REDUCTION; INVARIANT MATCHING; MATCHING METHODS; MATCHINGS; NONRANDOMIZED STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; PROPENSITY SCORE; THEORETICAL APPROXIMATIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029959044     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533160     Document Type: Article

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