Observational Studies /

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 t...

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Main Author: Rosenbaum, Paul R.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2002.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Springer series in statistics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 377 pages)
ISBN:9781475736922 (electronic bk.)
1475736924 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0172-7397