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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1 Observational Studies
1.1 What Are Observational Studies?
1.2 Some Observational Studies
1.3 Purpose of This Book
1.4 Bibliographic Notes
1.5 References
2 Randomized Experiments
2.1 Introduction and Example: A Randomized Clinical Trial
2.2 The Lady Tasting Tea
2.3 Randomized Experiments
2.4 Testing the Hypothesis of No Treatment Effect
2.5 Simple Models for Treatment Effects
2.6 Confidence Intervals
2.7 Point Estimates
2.8 *More Complex Outcomes
2.9 *Appendix: Effect Increasing Tests Under Alternatives.
2.10 *Appendix: The Set of Treatment Assignments
2.11 Bibliographic Notes
2.12 Problems
2.13 References
3 Overt Bias in Observational Studies
3.1 Introduction: An Example and Planning Adjustments
3.2 Adjustments by Exact Stratification and Matching
3.3 Case-Referent Studies
3.4 *Small Sample Inference with an Unknown Propensity Score
3.5 *Large Sample Inference with an Unknown Propensity Score
3.6 *Inexact Matching Followed by Stratification
3.7 Bibliographic Notes
3.8 Problems
3.9 References
4 Sensitivity to Hidden Bias
4.1 What Is a Sensitivity Analysis?
4.2 A Model for Sensitivity Analysis
4.3 Matched Pairs
4.4 Sensitivity Analysis for Sign-Score Statistics
4.5 Multiple Controls and Continuous Responses
4.6 Sensitivity Analysis for Two Unmatched Groups
4.7 Appendix: Technical Results and Proofs
4.8 Bibliographic Notes
4.9 Problems
4.10 References
5 Models for Treatment Effects
5.1 Effects That Vary from Person to Person
5.2 Order Statistics
5.3 Dilated Effects
5.4 Instrumental Variables
5.5 Attributable Effects: Binary Responses
5.6 Attributable Effects: Displacements
5.7 Inference About a Quantile
5.8 Bibliographic Notes
5.9 Problems
5.10 Appendix: Minimum Wage Data
5.11 References
6 Known Effects
6.1 Detecting Hidden Bias Using Known Effects
6.2 An Outcome Known to Be Unaffected by the Treatment.
6.3 An Outcome With Known Direction of Effect
6.4 *The Behavior of T* with Nonnegative Effects
6.5 Bias of Known Direction
6.6 Bibliographic Notes
6.7 Problems
6.8 References
7 Multiple Reference Groups in Case-Referent Studies
7.1 Multiple Reference Groups
7.2 Matched Studies with Two Referent Groups
7.3 *Appendix: Selection and Hidden Bias
7.4 *Appendix: Derivation of Bounds for Sensitivity Analysis
7.5 Bibliographic Notes
7.6 Problems
7.7 References
8 Multiple Control Groups
8.1 The Role of a Second Control Group
8.2 Selecting Control Groups
8.3 Comparing Outcomes in Two Control Groups
8.4 Bibliographic Notes
8.5 Problems
8.6 References
9 Coherence and Focused Hypotheses
9.1 Coherent Associations
9.2 Signed Rank Statistics for Coherent Predictions
9.3 Example: Do Anesthetic Gases Cause Mutations?
9.4 *Properties of the Coherent Signed Rank Test
9.5 Some Other Forms of Coherence
9.6 Strengths and Limitations of Coherence
9.7 *Appendix: Arrangement-Increasing Functions of Matrices
9.8 Bibliographic Notes
9.9 Problems
9.10 References
10 Constructing Matched Sets and Strata
10.1 Introduction: Propensity Scores, Structures, Algorithms
10.2 The Propensity Score
10.3 Optimal Strata
10.4 Optimal Matching
10.5 Bibliographic Notes
10.6 Software
10.7 Problems
10.8 References
11 Planning an Observational Study
11.1 Introduction and Some Ground Rules
11.2 Three Observational Studies
11.3 Choice of Research Hypothesis
11.4 A Control Group
11.5 Defining Treated and Control Groups
11.6 Competing Theories
11.7 Internal Replication
11.8 Nondose Nonresponse: An Absent Association
11.9 Stability Analyses
11.10 Abrupt, Short-Lived Treatments
11.11 Natural Blocks
11.12 Refute Several Alternative Explanations
11.13 Bibliographic Notes
11.14 Problems
11.15 References
12 Some Strategic Issues
12.1 What Are Strategic Issues?
12.2 Some Specific Suggestions
12.3 References.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Series
Springer series in statistics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
519.5/3
Library of Congress
QA279 .R67 2002, QA276-280

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 375 p. :
Number of pages
375

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3952817M
Internet Archive
observationalstu0000rose_x4u5
ISBN 10
0387989676
LCCN
2001049264
OCLC/WorldCat
47667241
Goodreads
1145514

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