Rosenbaum Observational Studies

2. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-4757-3692-2
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 377 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Springer Series in Statistics

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosenbaum, Paul R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Observational Studies.- 2 Randomized Experiments.- 3 Overt Bias in Observational Studies.- 4 Sensitivity to Hidden Bias.- 5 Models for Treatment Effects.- 6 Known Effects.- 7 Multiple Reference Groups in Case-Referent Studies.- 8 Multiple Control Groups.- 9 Coherence and Focused Hypotheses.- 10 Constructing Matched Sets and Strata.- 11 Planning an Observational Study.- 12 Some Strategic Issues.