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Response to Pearl's Comments on Principal Stratification

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Dr. Pearl invites researchers to justify their use of principal stratification. This comment explains how the use of principal stratification simplified a complex mediational problem encountered when evaluating a smoking cessation intervention's effect on reducing smoking withdrawal symptoms.

Source: The International Journal of Biostatistics

DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1330

Author: Brian L Egleston

Institution: Fox Chase Cancer Center

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Causal Inference Techniques

Subfield: Statistics and Probability

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute

Awards: Identifying Subgroups with Localized Kidney Cancer Who Can Defer Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center Program at Fox Chase