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Article summary VIII

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Summary Pearl introduced empirical researchers to the latest developments in causal inference and emphasized the paradigmatic shift that must be carried out ...

Article summary VII

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Summary Rosenbaum and Rubin suggested the use of so-called balancing scores b(X), i.e. functions of the relevant observed covariates X such that the conditio...

Article summary VI

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Summary This Berry commentary provided new analyses and evaluations to address some important issue in the question of whether or not to recommend regular ma...

Article summary V follow up

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Summary The Stampfer commentary pointed out some of the weaknesses inherent in the application of the “intention-to treat” principle to analyze the observati...

homework_1 (Turning Table into Graph)

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The table showed age-adjusted annual incidence and mortality rates (per 100 000 person-years), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) lost, prevalence (per 1...