A multivariate strategy to measure and test global imbalance in observational studies

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3451-3460

  D'Attoma, I ^a   Camillo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balance testing; Categorical covariates; Imbalance coefficient; Local causal effects; Observational data

Indexed keywords

BALANCE TESTING; COVARIATES; IMBALANCE COEFFICIENT; LOCAL CAUSAL EFFECTS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA;

EID: 78650709481     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.08.132     Document Type: Article

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