Augmented designs to assess principal strata direct effects

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 729-752

  Mattei, Alessandra ^a   Mealli, Fabrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Augmented designs; Bounds; Causal inference; Direct and indirect effects; Principal stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054726381     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2011.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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