The design versus the analysis of observational studies for causal effects: Parallels with the design of randomized trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-36

  Rubin, Donald B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment mechanism; Causal inference; Objective design; Propensity scores; Rubin causal model; Tobacco litigation

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

BIOMETRY; CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846253571     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2739     Document Type: Article

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