For objective causal inference, design trumps analysis

DOI10.1214/08-AOAS187zbMath1149.62089arXiv0811.1640OpenAlexW2010505816MaRDI QIDQ958314

Donald B. Rubin

Publication date: 3 December 2008

Published in: The Annals of Applied Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1640

zbMATH Keywords

noncompliancemarketingcausal effectsobservational studiesbreast cancerinstrumental variablesrandomized experimentspropensity scoresRubin causal modelaverage causal effectcomplier average causal effectcardiac cancer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Applications of statistics (62P99)

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