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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