JSM 2011 Online Program

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648 Thu, 8/4/2011, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-C221
What Is the Big Deal About Balance? Assessment and Implications of Group Equivalence When Using Propensity Scores — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Health Policy Statistics
Organizer(s): Beth Ann Griffin, RAND Corporation
Chair(s): Daniel F. McCaffrey, RAND Corporation
10:35 AM Does Better Balance Translate Into Less Bias? Examining Balance Measures and Their Association with Bias in Treatment Effect Estimates Elizabeth A. Stuart, The Johns Hopkins University ; Brian K. Lee, Drexel University
10:55 AM Chasing Balance Versus Model Fit When Estimating Propensity Scores Beth Ann Griffin, RAND Corporation ; Daniel F. McCaffrey, RAND Corporation ; Daniel Almirall, University of Michigan ; Rajeev Ramchand, RAND Corporation
11:15 AM Support Vector Machines as a Matching Method to Achieve Optimal Balance Marc Ratkovic, Princeton University
11:35 AM Estimation and Evaluation of Propensity Scores with Multinomial Treatment Groups Mary Slaughter, RAND Corporation ; Beth Ann Griffin, RAND Corporation ; Daniel F. McCaffrey, RAND Corporation ; Cha-Chi Fan, Department of Energy ; Daniel Almirall, University of Michigan ; Rajeev Ramchand, RAND Corporation
11:55 AM Discussant: Thomas Love, Case Western Reserve University
12:15 PM Floor Discussion



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