The sensitivity of linear regression coefficients' confidence limits to the omission of a confounder

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 849-870

  Hosman, Carrie A ^a   Hansen, Ben B ^a   Holland, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Paul Holland Consulting Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Hidden bias; Observational study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870265795     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/09-AOAS315     Document Type: Article

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