Questions tagged [control-group]
In a comparative experiment a control group is one which does not receive the active treatment
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Before/After unpaired study with control villages analysed in R
For the implementation of a project, we have been following household access to services in two groups of villages, one an intervention group (I) and one a control group (C). Access as a Yes/No ...
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Evaluating results from control group testing
In the classic case of target and control groups, the target and control group receive a differential treatment and the effect of this treatment is evaluated. This assumes that every member within the ...
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Measuring incremental revenue / uplift
I run a campaign with an experimental design setup. The target and control group is representative and split 70/30.
The target group receives an email communication
The dynamics of the campaign ...
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Standardization based on subsamples
I need to analyze data on the cognitive performance in a sample of participants divided into clinical (36 participants) and non-clinical groups (~100 participants).
What would be the correct ...
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Difference-in-differences with individual-level panel data
Main Idea
I want to estimate the effect of a treatment that affected a group of individuals that are scattered over a larger geographic area in a short matter of time (a week) via DID. I have reason ...
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Splitting panel data into subgroups
I have a (an unbalanced) panel dataset of individuals over different periods of time (one time period = one month). I'm attempting to analyse the effect on the level of activity of the individuals of ...
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Pursuing meaningful questions about pre- post- intervention outcome measures in single condition treatment
If you are not fortunate enough to have a control group and have a single condition only, what meaningful questions can you ask about the change in pre to post intervention scores?
If ANOVA or ANCOVA ...
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what happens when control groups results are larger than treatment group? [closed]
As a school experiment we had to modify a toy parachute and see if it increases its speed. We chose to change the toy parachutes material from plastic to nylon. We did Re-randomisation test 1000 ...
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comparsion of treatment groups based on different controls
I have experimental results from two days where I wasnt able to keep the same conditions from day1 to day2, so I have two sets of data:
control day1 -- 2x treatment groups day1
control day2 -- 2x ...
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Are healthy patients an appropriate control group?
I am working on a study where patients with a chronic disease received a treatment. The goal is to determine the effect of the treatment on various outcome variables. I have pre and post data (before ...
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Control group selection
I am currently migrating some code from SAS to Python.
I am trying to do the following in python:
I have two groups of customers: those that were exposed to a campaign, and those that were not (the ...
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Pair-wise ANOVA or non-parametric comparison
I'm doing an experiment with 7 groups (batches) of 12 measurements of a certain chemical, where one group (b0) is considered the baseline case. The research question is to find out which groups have ...
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What is the Level of Evidence of “simultaneous self-controlled study”?
I guess this is an undefined thing, and would like to know your opinion. What is the Level of Evidence (as defined in the link by Oxford https://www.cebm.net/2009/06/oxford-centre-evidence-based-...
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Diff-in-diff with mactched control group
I want to run a diff-in-diff model. To choose an appropriate control group, I use a nearest-neighbor matching model based on several determinants of the outcome variable that I study.
I was ...
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Diff in diff model with multiple treatments in multiple perdiods?
Can I estimate a diff in diff model to compare the effects of two different treatments that apply in different time periods in different countries?
I have 30 countries for an average time span of 34 ...
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How to calculate the p-value of a test, that checked for a binary property?
16081 subjects were randomly assigned into two groups:
test group: 7916 subjects
control group: 8165 subjects
Only the test group was exposed to something. During the test period
10 subjects of ...
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How to choose Control groups for Causal Impact algorithm?
I'm running an experiment and want to use the Causal Impact function to assess how well it performs.
I have 10 different cities. I'm looking to find out what is the best method for choosing which ...
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Pre-treatment period in difference-in-differences model
I want to evaluate the consequences of a policy change using a diff-in-diff setup. I have quarterly data over ten years before the treatment ($t_{-10}$, $t_{-9}$, ..., $t_{-1}$) and ten years after ...
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Composition of groups in difference-in-difference models
Assume a difference-in-difference setup where the control and treatment groups are heterogeneous (different observable characteristics) but
The parallel trend assumption is verified in the pre-...
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Meta-analysis in R without control group? Purely improvement of symptoms
I’m currently trying to perform a meta-analysis in R via the metafor package using data that does not have a control group. In this case, I am looking to see ...
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Making a control group out of a linear combination of possible control groups
I am currently performing a research on the effect of the melamine milk scandal in 2008 on the prices of the complete dairy sector in China. I am using a Difference-in-Differences model in order to ...
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How to compare several means to control when the distribution is not normal and sample sizes are unequal?
I have a large dataset (n = 170,000), distributed roughly equally among 5 groups (each is 34,000 ± ~1,000). I want to compare whether the means in any of the first 4 groups are different from the ...
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How does using control variables in experiments affect the bias-variance trade-off?
Following up on the post, Using control variables in experiments?, I wonder how this connects with the usual bias-variance trade-off? That is, to minimise the MSE one must trade off the gain from ...
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Comparing a traditional and technology based tool
I am trying to compare a printed word dictionary with a digital dictionary that included added features like sound and video feedback. For this I have selected 60 participants and asked 5 questions (...
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Determining if a test measurement is from an empirical control distribution
I have a sample of 100 measurements from a control population. These measurements are not that close to a normal distribution.
I also have made a single measurement that received a treatment.
Is ...
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Test for significance before testing
I got a question regarding the binomial distribution and testing for significance in general.
I need to divide a dataset into a treatment group (with phone call) and a control group (no phone call). ...
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Difference-in-Differences with Aggregated Data
I have access to aggregated data of a population for a 1,5 year period. I am interested in conducting an events study to check whether the implementation of a certain treatment will affect the ...
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Redemption proportion test: Big control group used several time or split into several control groups?
I'm preparing a test of proportions regarding a campaign redemption of several groups which have all common "demographics" but have been stimulated into different ways.
At the same time I have a big ...
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Statistical test to use? [duplicate]
I am currently conducting a quantitative experimental research wherein 2 groups will be my participants. The research aims to determine whether or not Code-Switching is an effective tool to achieve ...
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Correct for cage effects using pooled control with ordinal response
Description of the dataset
I have a data set with three categorical explanatory variable (treatment, environment, "cage") and an ordinal response (very low, low, medium, high,...). To control for "...
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Comparing independent, non-uniform distributed groups
I conducted an experiment with 3 different groups: 1 control group and 2 experimental groups and now I want to evaluate the results. Unfortunately I have no statistical background.
I would like to ...
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Can I combine my controls?
I have an experiment with 4 conditions: control1, control2, treatment1, and treatment 2. Each has approximately the same number of observations. I want to perform a proportions test to compare the ...
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analytical methods for crossover study that has an addition control group
I have a crossover study where patients perform a cognitive task (with two conditions) when their brain stimulation is switched on and then off. Using a mixed effects regression, I would ensure that ...
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T-test , paired sample?
Regarding my data collection, I have five groups plus a control group. I need to compare each group with control condition with and then find the highest difference in one of these groups.To briefly ...
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In a multiple arm experiment, why does the control have to be larger than the experiment arms?
I am running a study with two experimental groups, each with slight modifications to their variables, and I want to be able to compare both to the same control. I have heard the control group should ...
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Size of control group and determining the winner of a multi-variate test
I am running a multi-variate email campaign with the following results:
Version----------Users------Conversion
Control Group----150--------2%
Variation A--------1000-------2.1%
Variation B--------...
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Calculate statistical significance when control is 0
My question for you guys is; I have a control group that are eating normal food and an experimental group that are only eating a western high fat diet. I wanted to look at how much the experimental ...
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Control group construction in Synthetic Control Method
I want to use the Synthetic Control Method to estimate the effect of the adaption of a new ballot institution (treatment) on fiscal policy.
My sample consists of 20 units observed at 100 time points. ...
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Test to compare different subgroups when using same control
I am interested in finding out if the effect sizes between subgroups are significant are not. Here's the scenario:
I have performed Analysis 1: Controls vs. Disease
Now, Disease is subdivided into ...
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Determining minimum required sample size for control (for purposes of measuring lift)
SO in a sales setting where people can either buy or not buy (i.e. binary response), say I have a treatment that I know (or believe strongly) to be effective. I want to give it to as many people as ...
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Defining the size of control group in chi square statistics
I'm trying to compare the prevalence rate of autism in offspring of mothers with and without gestational diabetes. I gathered data from 1000 women, 8 children have autism (prevalence rate 8/1000). ...
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How to analyze this pre-post control-intervention data set?
I have control and intervention groups (N = 50 and 75, respectively) for whom 15 tests (all having quantitative results) were done at baseline and at 3 months.
It is not a randomized study and the ...
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Use of words “control” and “test”
There are 2 groups of people, group A and group B. The groups were NOT assigned randomly and are not the same size.
It is true that group B has a higher rate of success than group A, but this was ...
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Choosing Location Based Control Group
I have a dataset that tracks activities at particular locations. The dataset is essentially, timestamp, latitude and longitude, indicating an activity at that lat-long and that time. I plan on ...
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How to select a control / comparison group?
Lets say I'm creating a study that looked at treatments for metastasis in African American colon cancer patients. Would my control group or comparison group be Caucasian colon cancer patients with ...
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Siginificant size for a Control Group
I am designing project which requires me to select a Control Group. One the business requirements stipulates that I select as small a sample size as possible for the Control Group so there will be ...
