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Causal Inference

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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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 make you more or less likely to go bankrupt? How do you identify genes that cause disease? Do unions raise wages? Do some antibiotics have lethal side effects? Does the Earned Income Tax Credit help people enter the workforce? Causal Inference provides a brief and nontechnical introduction to randomized experiments, propensity scores, natural experiments, instrumental variables, sensitivity analysis, and quasi-experimental devices. Ideas are illustrated with examples from medicine, epidemiology, economics and business, the social sciences, and public policy.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-04-04
Mått130 x 183 x 18 mm
Vikt182 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMIT Press Essential Knowledge series
Antal sidor232
FörlagMIT Press Ltd
ISBN9780262545198

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Series Foreword ixList of Examples xiList of Methodological Topics xiii1 The Effects Caused by Treatments 12 Randomized Experiments 213 Observational Studies: The Problem 474 Adjustments for Measured Covariates 675 Sensitivity to Unmeasured Covariates 856 Quasi-Experimental Devices in the Design of Observational Studies 1037 Natural Experiments, Discontinuities, and Instruments 1178 Replication, Resolution, and Evidence Factors 1499 Uncertainty and Complexity in Causal Inference 159Postscript: Key Ideas, Chapter by Chapter 175Glossary 179Notes 181Bibliography 189Further Reading 197Index 199