Propensity score modelling in observational studies using dimension reduction methods

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 813-820

  Ghosh, Debashis ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Average causal effect; Matching; Model misspecification; Observational data; Potential outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955132361     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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