Testing one hypothesis twice in observational studies

Biometrika

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 763-774

  Rosenbaum, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Design sensitivity; Observational study; Randomization inference; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869479333     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/ass032     Document Type: Article

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