Full matching in an observational study of coaching for the SAT

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 467, 2004, Pages 609-618

  Hansen, Ben B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Graph algorithm; Matching with multiple controls; Network flow; Optimal matching; Propensity score; Quasiexperiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944238507     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214504000000647     Document Type: Review

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