Is regression adjustment supported by the Neyman model for causal inference?

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 246-259

  Schochet, Peter Z ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Average treatment effects; Experimental designs; Neyman causal model; Regression adjustment; Social policy interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349330702     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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