Design sensitivity and efficiency in observational studies

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 490, 2010, Pages 692-702

  Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649412751     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2010.tm09570     Document Type: Article

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