Bias Reduction Using Mahalanobis-Metric Matching

DOI10.2307/2529981zbMath0463.62015OpenAlexW2314750237MaRDI QIDQ3914209

Donald B. Rubin

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Biometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2529981

zbMATH Keywords

bias reductionobservational studiesmatched samplingMahalanobis-metric matchingnearest- available-pair matching

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Sampling theory, sample surveys (62D05)

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