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Matching Methods

Matching Methods is a statistical technique in causal inference that belongs to the class of adjustment methods for observational data, distinguished by its strategy of creating comparable treatment and control groups through pairing or grouping units based on similarity in observed covariates.

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The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects

Paul R. Rosenbaum, Donald B. Rubin · Biometrika · 1983 · 31K citations · Full text

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An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for Reducing the Effects of Confounding in Observational Studies

Peter C. Austin · Multivariate Behavioral Research · 2011 · 11.9K citations · Full text

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Balance diagnostics for comparing the distribution of baseline covariates between treatment groups in propensity‐score matched samples

Peter C. Austin · Statistics in Medicine · 2009 · 6.5K citations · Full text

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SOME PRACTICAL GUIDANCE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING

Marco Caliendo, Sabine Kopeinig · Journal of Economic Surveys · 2008 · 6.2K citations

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Matching As An Econometric Evaluation Estimator: Evidence from Evaluating a Job Training Programme

James J. Heckman, Hidehiko Ichimura, Petra Todd · The Review of Economic Studies · 1997 · 5.5K citations

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Authors

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  1. DB
    Donald B. Rubin

    Harvard University, United States

    32 publications · 50.1K citations

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  2. EA
    Elizabeth A. Stuart

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    28 publications · 13.1K citations

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  3. PC
    Peter C. Austin

    University of Toronto, Canada

    28 publications · 30.2K citations

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  4. PR
    Paul R. Rosenbaum

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    30 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. PR
    Paul R. Rosenbaum

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    20 publications · 47.7K citations

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1.7K

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    49 h-index

    178 publications

    46.5K citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    44 h-index

    165 publications

    24.3K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    33 h-index

    75 publications

    10.6K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    31 h-index

    73 publications

    36.8K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    31 h-index

    88 publications

    16.5K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    28 h-index

    63 publications

    14.7K citations

  7. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    28 h-index

    45 publications

    50.6K citations

  8. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    27 h-index

    44 publications

    22.7K citations

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  1. Statistics in Medicine

    78 publications · 24.6K citations

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  2. Biometrics

    64 publications · 8.3K citations

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  3. Journal of the American Statistical Association

    56 publications · 18K citations

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  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 91 publications · 5.7K citations

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  5. American Journal of Epidemiology

    AJE · 44 publications · 5.8K citations

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