Data-driven algorithms for dimension reduction in causal inference

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 105, Issue , 2017, Pages 280-292

  Persson, Emma ^a   Häggström, Jenny ^a   Waernbaum, Ingeborg ^a   de Luna, Xavier ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Covariate selection; Kernel smoothing; Marginal co ordinate hypothesis test; Matching; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA HANDLING;

COVARIATES; HYPOTHESIS TESTS; KERNEL SMOOTHING; MATCHING; TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS;

INFERENCE ENGINES;

EID: 84987932350     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2016.08.012     Document Type: Article

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