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Observation and experiment : an introduction to causal inference /

We hear that a glass of red wine prolongs life, that alcohol is a carcinogen, that pregnant women should drink not a drop of alcohol. Major medical journals first claimed that hormone replacement therapy reduces the risk of heart disease, then reversed themselves and said it increases the risk of he...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rosenbaum, Paul R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Randomized experiments: A randomized trial
  • Structure
  • Causal inference in randomized experiments
  • Irrationality and polio
  • Part II. Observational studies: Between observational studies and experiments
  • Natural experiments
  • Elaborate theories
  • Quasi-experimental devices
  • Sensitivity to bias
  • Design sensitivity
  • Matching techniques
  • Biases from general dispositions
  • Instruments
  • Conclusion.