Rosenbaum P. Design of Observational Studies 2ed 2020 torrent

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Design of Observational Studies is organized into five parts. Chapters 2, 3, and 5 of Part I cover concisely many of the ideas discussed in Rosenbaum’s Observational Studies (also published by Springer) but in a less technical fashion. Part II discusses the practical aspects of using propensity scores and other tools to create a matched comparison that balances many covariates, and includes an updated chapter on matching in R. In Part III, the concept of design sensitivity is used to appraise the relative ability of competing designs to distinguish treatment effects from biases due to unmeasured covariates. Part IV is new to this edition; it discusses evidence factors and the computerized construction of more than one comparison group. Part V discusses planning the analysis of an observational study, with particular reference to Sir Ronald Fisher’s striking advice for observational studies: "make your theories elaborate."
This new edition features updated exploration of causal influence, with four new chapters, a new R package DOS2 designed as a companion for the book, and discussion of several of the latest matching packages for R. In particular, DOS2 allows readers to reproduce many analyses from Design of Observational Studies.
Dilemmas and Craftsmanship
Causal Inference in Randomized Experiments
Two Simple Models for Observational Studies
Competing Theories Structure Design
Opportunities, Devices, and Instruments
Transparency
Some Counterclaims Undermine Themselves
A Matched Observational Study
Basic Tools of Multivariate Matching
Various Practical Issues in Matching
Fine Balance
Matching Without Groups
Risk-Set Matching
Matching in
The Power of a Sensitivity Analysis and Its Limit
Heterogeneity and Causality
Uncommon but Dramatic Responses to Treatment
Anticipated and Discovered Patterns of Response
Choice of Test Statistic
Evidence Factors
Constructing Several Comparison Groups
After Matching, Before Analysis
Planning the Analysis