Reducing bias in observational studies using subclassification on the propensity score

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 79, Issue 387, 1984, Pages 516-524

  Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a   Rubin, Donald B ^b  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Balancing scores; Bias reduction; Direct adjustment; Log linear models; Logistic models; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949193513     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1984.10478078     Document Type: Article

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