Causal inferences with group based trajectory models

Psychometrika

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 557-578

  Haviland, Amelia M ^a   Nagin, Daniel S ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Finite mixture models; Propensity scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844508371     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-004-1261-y     Document Type: Review

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