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New methods for the design and analysis of observational studies.

机译:设计和分析观测研究的新方法。

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Three separate, but related, manuscripts comprise this dissertation on topics in the design and analysis of observational studies. The first chapter develops a new study design called entire matching, which answers the question of how many controls should be matched to a treated subject; in the chapter, entire matching is applied to an observational study of the sentinel lymph node biopsy for the treatment of melanoma. The second chapter is closely related to the first, and incorporates recent developments in the literature, namely the theory behind matching with fine balance without needing to match exactly on levels of a covariate; the question of how many controls is reformulated when fine balance allows the researcher to exert tighter control over certain covariates in an observational study. The third chapter illustrates the power of design to address concerns about unobserved biases in matched studies; the observational study of the sentinel lymph node biopsy is revisited, in which concerns about the limits of matching are mitigated by a clever use of multiple control groups.
机译:本文由三个独立但相关的手稿组成,涉及观察性研究的设计和分析。第一章开发了一种称为整体匹配的新研究设计,该设计回答了应与治疗对象匹配多少个对照的问题。在本章中,将整个匹配应用于前哨淋巴结活检治疗黑色素瘤的观察研究。第二章与第一章紧密相关,并结合了文献中的最新发展,即在不需要精确匹配协变量水平的情况下进行精细平衡匹配的理论。精细平衡允许研究人员在观察性研究中对某些协变量施加更严格控制的问题。第三章阐述了设计的能力,以解决人们对匹配研究中未发现的偏见的担忧。重新审视了前哨淋巴结活检的观察性研究,其中巧妙地使用多个对照组减轻了对匹配范围的担忧。

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  • 作者

    Yoon, Frank B.;

  • 作者单位

    University of Pennsylvania.;

  • 授予单位 University of Pennsylvania.;
  • 学科 Statistics.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2009
  • 页码 70 p.
  • 总页数 70
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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