Sensitivity analysis for equivalence and difference in an observational study of neonatal intensive care units

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 486, 2009, Pages 501-511

  Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a   Silber, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalence test; Risk set matching; Superiority equivalence test

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449105707     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2009.0016     Document Type: Article

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