Variable Selection and Adjustment in Relation to Propensity Scores and Prognostic Scores: From Single-level to Multilevel Data

Through three sets of simulations, this dissertation evaluates the effectiveness of alternative approaches to causal inference that make use of propensity scores. In the setting of single-level data, the first study examines the relative performance of (a) three variable selection methods for propen...

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Main Author: Yu, Bing
Other Authors: Hong, Guanglei
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/32855