1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990001057580203316

Titolo

Le imprese esportatrici italiane : caratteristiche, performance e internazionalizzazione / a cura di Beniamino Quintieri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna : Il mulino, copyr. 2001

ISBN

88-15-08318-9

Descrizione fisica

233 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Collana del CEIS-Tor Vergata , progetti di ricerca

Disciplina

382.06045

Soggetti

Esportazione

Italia Commercio internazionale

Collocazione

382.06 IMP 1 (IEP III 779)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911015866803321

Autore

Rosenbaum Paul R

Titolo

An Introduction to the Theory of Observational Studies / / by Paul R. Rosenbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

9783031904943

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (709 pages)

Collana

Springer Texts in Statistics, , 2197-4136

Disciplina

001.422

005.7

Soggetti

Quantitative research

Statistics

Social sciences - Statistical methods

Epidemiology

Data Analysis and Big Data

Statistical Theory and Methods

Statistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Part I First Steps -- 1. Examples of Observational Studies -- 2. Causal Inference in Randomized Experiments -- 3. Some Background Topics in Statistics -- Part II Adjustments for Observed Covariates -- 4. Propensity Scores and Ignorable Treatment Assignment -- 5. Algorithms for Matching -- 6. Evaluating the Balance of Observed Covariates -- 7. Covariance Adjustment -- Part III Sensitivity of Inferences to Covariates That Were Not Observed -- 8. Sensitivity of Causal Inferences to Unmeasured Biases in Treatment Assignment -- 9. Design Sensitivity and the Choice of Statistical Methods -- 10. Study Design and Design Sensitivity -- 11. Efficiency of Sensitivity Analyses -- Part IV Quasi-experimental Devices -- 12. Known Effects in Observational Studies -- 13. Evidence Factors for Two Control Groups -- 14. Tightened Blocks for Complementary Analyses -- 15. A Look Back Along the Path Taken -- Some Books and Articles About Causal Inference -- Notation -- Solutions to Selected Problems -- Some



Comments for Instructors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an introduction to the theory of causal inference in observational studies. An observational study draws inferences about the effects caused by treatments or preventable exposures when randomized experimentation is unethical or infeasible. An observational study is distinguished from an experiment by the problems that follow from the absence of randomized assignment of individuals to treatments. Observational studies are common in most fields that study the effects of treatments or policies on people, including public health and epidemiology, economics and public policy, medicine and clinical psychology, and criminology and empirical legal studies. After Part I reviews causal inference in randomized experiments, the twelve short chapters in Parts II, III and IV introduce modern topics: the propensity score, ignorable treatment assignment, the principal unobserved covariate, algorithms for optimal matching, randomized reassignment techniques for appraising the covariate balance achieved by matching, covariance adjustment, sensitivity analysis, design sensitivity, ways to design an observational study to be insensitive to larger unmeasured biases, the large sample efficiency of a sensitivity analysis, quasi-experimental devices that provide observable information about unmeasured biases, evidence factors and complementary analyses to address unmeasured biases. The book is accessible to anyone who has completed an undergraduate course in mathematical statistics. The subject is developed with the aid of two simple empirical examples concerning the health benefits or harms caused by consuming alcohol. The data for these examples and their reanalyses are freely available in an R package, iTOS, associated with Introduction to the Theory of Observational Studies.