A causal model for joint evaluation of placebo and treatment-specific effects in clinical trials

Zhiwei Zhang, Richard M. Kotz, Chenguang Wang, Shiling Ruan, Martin Ho

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)318-327
Number of pages10
JournalBiometrics
Volume69
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2013
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Immunology and Microbiology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Applied Mathematics

Keywords

  • Blinding
  • Causal inference
  • Confounding
  • Counterfactual
  • Placebo effect
  • Potential outcome

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