Designs for estimating the treatment effect in networks with interference
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Publication:2196188
DOI10.1214/18-AOS1807zbMATH Open1453.62611arXiv1705.08524MaRDI QIDQ2196188FDOQ2196188
Authors: Ravi Jagadeesan, Natesh S. Pillai, Alexander Volfovsky 
Publication date: 28 August 2020
Published in: The Annals of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: In this paper we introduce new, easily implementable designs for drawing causal inference from randomized experiments on networks with interference. Inspired by the idea of matching in observational studies, we introduce the notion of considering a treatment assignment as a quasi-coloring" on a graph. Our idea of a perfect quasi-coloring strives to match every treated unit on a given network with a distinct control unit that has identical number of treated and control neighbors. For a wide range of interference functions encountered in applications, we show both by theory and simulations that the classical Neymanian estimator for the direct effect has desirable properties for our designs. This further extends to settings where homophily is present in addition to interference.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.08524
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