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Observational Studies

By Paul R. Rosenbaum (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2002
ISBN
978-1-4419-3191-7, 978-1-4757-3692-2
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4757-3692-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (8984246 bytes)
Series
Springer Series in Statistics
Edition
2
Pages
377\386
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
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Description

An observational study is an empiric investigation of the effects caused by a treatment, policy, or intervention in which it is not possible to assign subjects at random to treatment or control, as would be done in a controlled experiment. Observational studies are common in most fields that study the effects of treatments on people. The second edition of Observational Studies is about 50% longer than the first edition, with many new examples and methods. There are new chapters on nonadditive models for treatment effects (5) and planning observational studies , and the chapter on coherence (9) has been extensively rewritten. Paul R. Rosenbaum is Robert G. Putzel Professor, Department of Statistics, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association.

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