Statistical inference for causal effects

Modern Analysis of Customer Surveys: with Applications using R

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 172-192

  Mealli, Fabrizia ^a   Pacini, B Barbara ^b   Rubin, Donald B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment mechanism; Bayesian inference; Causal estimands; Causal inference; Random variables; Randomized experiments; Regression methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958592783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119961154.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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