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Covariate Balancing

Covariate Balancing is a statistical method used in causal inference to adjust for confounding variables by ensuring that the distribution of observed covariates is similar between treatment and control groups, thereby enabling unbiased estimation of treatment effects.

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Entropy Balancing for Causal Effects: A Multivariate Reweighting Method to Produce Balanced Samples in Observational Studies

Jens Hainmueller · Political Analysis · 2011 · 5.5K citations

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Propensity score methods for bias reduction in the comparison of a treatment to a non-randomized control group

Ralph B. D’Agostino · Statistics in Medicine · 1998 · 5.4K citations

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Covariate Balancing Propensity Score

Kosuke Imai, Marc Ratkovic · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) · 2013 · 1.3K citations

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Genetic Matching for Estimating Causal Effects: A General Multivariate Matching Method for Achieving Balance in Observational Studies

Alexis Diamond, Jasjeet S. Sekhon · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 2012 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Entropy Balancing for Causal Effects: A Multivariate Reweighting Method to Produce Balanced Samples in Observational Studies

Jens Hainmueller · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2011 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AL
    Ariel Linden

    Linden Photonics (United States), United States

    9 publications · 400 citations

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  2. KI
    Kosuke Imai

    Princeton University, United States

    9 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. DB
    Donald B. Rubin

    Harvard University, United States

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. PR
    Paul R. Rosenbaum

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    8 publications · 585 citations

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  5. JR
    José R. Zubizarreta

    Harvard University, United States

    8 publications · 924 citations

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Institutions

366

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    24 h-index

    55 publications

    4K citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    19 h-index

    39 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    14 h-index

    28 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    12 h-index

    24 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    450 citations

  7. Linden Photonics (United States)

    Westford, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    400 citations

  8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    9 h-index

    25 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Statistics in Medicine

    19 publications · 7.6K citations

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  2. Journal of the American Statistical Association

    14 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 12 publications · 254 citations

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  4. Biometrika

    13 publications · 554 citations

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  5. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

    9 publications · 400 citations

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