Some approximate evidence factors in observational studies

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 493, 2011, Pages 285-295

  Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aligned rank test; Block design; M estimate; M test; Randomization test; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954488979     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2011.tm10422     Document Type: Article

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