{"product_id":"9781461424864","title":"Springer Series in Statistics","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpringer Series in Statistics\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRosenbaum, Paul R.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn observational study is an empiric investigation of effects caused by treatments when randomized experimentation is unethical or infeasible. Observational studies are common in most fields that study the effects of treatments on people, including medicine, economics, epidemiology, education, psychology, political science and sociology. The quality and strength of evidence provided by an observational study is determined largely by its design. \u003cem\u003eDesign of Observational Studies\u003c\/em\u003e is both an introduction to statistical inference in observational studies and a detailed discussion of the principles that guide the design of observational studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesign of Observational Studies\u003c\/em\u003e is divided into four parts. Chapters 2, 3, and 5 of Part I cover concisely, in about one hundred pages, many of the ideas discussed in Rosenbaum’s \u003cem\u003eObservational Studies\u003c\/em\u003e (also published by Springer) but in a less technical fashion. Part II discusses the practical aspects of using propensity scores and other tools to create a matched comparison that balances many covariates. Part II includes a chapter on matching in R. In Part III, the concept of design sensitivity is used to appraise the relative ability of competing designs to distinguish treatment effects from biases due to unmeasured covariates. Part IV discusses planning the analysis of an observational study, with particular reference to Sir Ronald Fisher’s striking advice for observational studies, \"make your theories elaborate.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second edition of his book, \u003cem\u003eObservational Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Springer in 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-02-25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781461424864\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4419-1213-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 384\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378981986444,"sku":"9781461424864","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781461424864.jpg?v=1772814263","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781461424864","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}