The prognostic analogue of the propensity score

Biometrika

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 481-488

  Hansen, Ben B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariate balance; Matched sampling; Matching; Observational study; Quasi experiment; Regression discontinuity; Subclassification

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849091245     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asn004     Document Type: Article

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