From Association to Causation in Observational Studies: The Role of Tests of Strongly Ignorable Treatment Assignment Export

@article{citeulike:313936, abstract = {If treatment assignment is strongly ignorable, then adjustment for observed covariates is sufficient to produce consistent estimates of treatment effects in observational studies. A general approach to testing this critical assumption is developed and applied to a study of the effects of nuclear fallout on the risk of childhood leukemia. R.A. Fisher's advice on the interpretation of observational studies was \"Make your theories elaborate\"; formally, make causal theories sufficiently detailed that, under the theory, strongly ignorable assignment has testable consequences.}, author = {Rosenbaum, Paul R.}, citeulike-article-id = {313936}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2288332}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2288332}, doi = {10.2307/2288332}, journal = {Journal of the American Statistical Association}, keywords = {causality, observational\_studies, randomization\_inference, statistics}, number = {385}, pages = {41--48}, posted-at = {2005-09-09 00:57:42}, priority = {2}, title = {From Association to Causation in Observational Studies: The Role of Tests of Strongly Ignorable Treatment Assignment}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2288332}, volume = {79}, year = {1984} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:313936 L3 - citeulike-article-id:313936 N2 - If treatment assignment is strongly ignorable, then adjustment for observed covariates is sufficient to produce consistent estimates of treatment effects in observational studies. A general approach to testing this critical assumption is developed and applied to a study of the effects of nuclear fallout on the risk of childhood leukemia. R.A. Fisher's advice on the interpretation of observational studies was "Make your theories elaborate"; formally, make causal theories sufficiently detailed that, under the theory, strongly ignorable assignment has testable consequences. IS - 385 JF - Journal of the American Statistical Association EP - 48 TI - From Association to Causation in Observational Studies: The Role of Tests of Strongly Ignorable Treatment Assignment VL - 79 SP - 41 KW - causality KW - observational_studies KW - randomization_inference KW - statistics AU - Rosenbaum, Paul PY - 1984/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2288332 ER -