Reference implementation of Minimal Dispersion Approximately Balancing Weights: Asymptotic Properties and Practical Considerations. [arxiv]
This folder contains code to replicate:
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empirical study based on the right heart catheterization data set of Connors et al. (1996)
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empirical study on the Kang and Schafer (2007) example.
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empirical study on the Wong and Chan (2018) simulation.
Bibliography
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Connors, A. F., Speroff, T., Dawson, N. V., Thomas, C., Harrell, F. E., Wagner, D., Desbiens, N., Goldman, L., Wu, A. W., Califf, R. M., et al. (1996). The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial care of critically ill patients. Journal of the American Medical Association, 276(11):889–897.
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Kang, J. D. Y. and Schafer, J. L. (2007). Demystifying double robustness: A comparison of alternative strategies for estimating a population mean from incomplete data (with discussion). Statistical Science, 22(4):523–539.
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Wong, R. K. and Chan, K. C. G. (2018). Kernel-based covariate functional balancing for observational studies. Biometrika, 105(1):199–213.