Erratum to: A Two-Step Bayesian Approach for Propensity Score Analysis: Simulations and Case Study (Psychometrika 2012, 10.1007/s11336-012-9262-8);A Two-Step Bayesian Approach for Propensity Score Analysis: Simulations and Case Study

Psychometrika

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 581-609

  Kaplan, David ^a   Chen, Jianshen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Propensity score analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861904320     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-012-9271-7     Document Type: Erratum

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