The role of a second control group in an observational study

Statistical Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 292-306

  Rosenbaum, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustable treatment assignment; Case control studies; Control groups; Ignorable treatment assignment; Observational studies; Unobserved covariates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84972499837     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ss/1177013232     Document Type: Article

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