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Propensity Score Matching - Statpower

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IntroductionModeling the CovariatesSubclassification<strong>Matching</strong>Balancing <strong>Score</strong>sThe <strong>Propensity</strong> <strong>Score</strong><strong>Matching</strong> MethodsUsing <strong>Propensity</strong> <strong>Score</strong>s – A General StrategyAn ExampleMatchIt and ZeligIntroductionHelpful SoftwareExact <strong>Matching</strong>SubclassificationNearest Neighbor <strong>Matching</strong>Optimal <strong>Matching</strong>Gary King and his associates have been actively involved indeveloping software called MatchIt and Zelig to facilitatematching and the modeling process.Zelig subsumes a number of modeling procedures under acommon framework, making modeling a more user-friendlyexercise. It automates a number of useful methods for analyzingmodel fit. MatchIt, likewise, automates matching procedures,and provides methods for evaluating their success.After installing these two packages, you will have a number ofmatching procedures, and related analytic methods, at yourdisposal.Multilevel<strong>Propensity</strong> <strong>Score</strong> <strong>Matching</strong>

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