Causal inference in hybrid intervention trials involving treatment choice

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 482, 2008, Pages 474-484

  Long, Qi ^a   Little, Roderick J ^b   Lin, Xihong ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Doubly randomized preference trial; EM algorithm; Partially randomized preference trial; Randomization; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549112688     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214507000000662     Document Type: Article

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