Connections between survey calibration estimators and semiparametric models for incomplete data

International Statistical Review

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-220

  Lumley, Thomas ^a,b   Shaw, Pamela A ^c   Dai, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Designed based inference; Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961003888     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: 17515823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2011.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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