Evidence factors in observational studies

Biometrika

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-345

  Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple randomizations; Observational study; Permutation inference; Quasi experiment; Randomization inference; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952811986     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asq019     Document Type: Article

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