Role of placebo samples in observational studies

In an observational study, it is common to leverage known null effects to detect bias. One such strategy is to set aside a placebo sample – a subset of data immune from the hypothesized cause-and-effect relationship. Existence of an effect in the placebo sample raises concerns about unmeasured confo...

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Main Authors: Ye Ting, He Qijia, Chen Shuxiao, Zhang Bo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2025-03-01
Series:Journal of Causal Inference
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jci-2023-0020
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