Principal stratification-A goal or a tool?

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Pearl, Judea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

causal inference; direct effect; mediation; principal stratification; surrogate endpoints

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STRATIFIED SAMPLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CAUSALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79953676047     PISSN: 15574679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1322     Document Type: Article

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