In praise of simplicity not mathematistry! Ten simple powerful ideas for the statistical scientist

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 502, 2013, Pages 359-369

  Little, Roderick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibrated bayes; Causal inference; Measurement error; Missing data; Penalized spline of propensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890077158     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2013.787932     Document Type: Article

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