The use of propensity scores for nonrandomized designs with clustered data

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 514-543

  Thoemmes, Felix J ^a   West, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958709433     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2011.569395     Document Type: Article

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