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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rosenbaum, Paul R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.