Causal inference

"A nontechnical guide to the basic ideas of modern causal inference, with illustrations from health, the economy, and public policy. Which of two antiviral drugs does the most to save people infected with Ebola virus? Does a daily glass of wine prolong or shorten life? Does winning the lottery...

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Autor principal: Rosenbaum, Paul R.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, c2023.
Colección:MIT Press essential knowledge series
Materias:
Causation.
Science > Experiments.
Observation (Scientific method)
Inference.
Probabilities.
Mathematical statistics.
Causalidad.
Ciencia > Experimentos.
Observación (Método científico).
Inferencia.
Probabilidades.
Estadística matemática.
Acceso en línea:Solo para usuarios autorizados, un solo acceso simultáneo
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Biblioteca Max von Buch (UdeSA) de Universidad de San Andrés
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Examples
  • List of Methodological Topics
  • The effects caused by treatments
  • Randomized experiments
  • Observational studies : the problem
  • Adjustments for measured covariates
  • Sensitivity to unmeasured covariates
  • Quasi-experimental devices in the design of observational studies
  • Natural experiments, discontinuities, and instruments
  • Replication, resolution and evidence factors
  • Uncertainty and complexity in causal inference
  • Postscript: Key ideas, chapter by chapter
  • Glossary
  • Notes.

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