Matching: The Search for Control
by
Humphrey, Colman, author.
Title
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Matching: The Search for Control
Author
:
Humphrey, Colman, author.
ISBN
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9780438037335
Personal Author
:
Humphrey, Colman, author.
Physical Description
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1 electronic resource (206 pages)
General Note
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: B.
Advisors: Shane Jensen; Dylan Small Committee members: John MacDonald; Rachel Thurston.
Abstract
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Matching allows us to estimate the effect of a chosen variable, providing highly interpretable inference without parametric assumptions. When matching, finding good controls is where nearly all the difficulty lies. We develop a theoretical framework and a methodology to generate a set of matches, evaluate them and select a best match given the input variables. We apply this method to a problem of interest, urban data in Philadelphia. In this setting, we also outline our full data collection pipeline in order to encourage replication. In a separate time series setting, we propose a latent model in order to generate probabilities at each time point; these form the basis of an interrupted time series match.
Local Note
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School code: 0175
Subject Term
:
Statistics.
Urban planning.
Mathematics.
Added Corporate Author
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University of Pennsylvania. Statistics.
Electronic Access
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| Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Shelf Location | Holding Information |
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| XX(680478.1) | 680478-1001 | Proquest E-Thesis Collection | Proquest E-Thesis Collection | |