Split samples and design sensitivity in observational studies

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 487, 2009, Pages 1090-1101

  Heller, Ruth ^a   Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a   Small, Dylan S ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Multiple comparisons; Permutation test; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349763600     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2009.tm08338     Document Type: Article

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