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Inference for the average treatment effect for Bernoulli trial
In the book of Imbens and Rubin, they discuss four common classes of assignment mechanisms
that fit into this framework: Bernoulli trials, completely randomized experiments,
stratified randomized ...
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Discover causal effects using OLS: does the treated and not treated group need to be similar on all observed variables?
I have one dummy variable, $D$, which equals 1 if the subject received treatment and $0$ otherwise.
My outcome of interest is $Y$. For example, $D$ tells me whether the subject took the drug or a ...
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What are advantages and disadvantages of bernoulli assignment/randomization?
This is good explanation for what is Bernoulli assignment is.
For treatment assignment, what is the difference between Bernoulli assignment vs. completely randomized assignment?
I am wondering, what ...
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Aggregate effects of randomized experiment
Consider the following two-equation model for observational data from a randomized experiment:
(1) $y_{ij} = \alpha + \beta D_{ij} + \gamma X_{j} + \varepsilon_{ij}$
(2) $D_{ij} = \gamma + \delta ...
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Not including main effect term in subgroup analysis?
I know there are plenty of previous Cross Validated posts regarding if one must include the main effect term if the interaction term is included. The general consensus is: no if you have a very good ...
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Non-random assignment to treatment group due to anticipation of treatment in difference-in-differences design
I have a very basic question regarding a DiD-Design. If the subjects in this design select themselves into treatment/non-treatment group because they anticipate the treatment (e.g., they want to avoid/...
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how to include distance buffers in cluster randomized trial
I need to incorporate distance buffers into the selection of treatment and control units in a randomized-controlled trial in order to minimize spillovers between arms. Cluster in this study is a ...
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Using control variables in experiments?
Why would one want to control for any number of baseline covariates in a situation where the assignment to treatment group is random?
My understanding is that randomly assigning treatment should make ...
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