Causal Inference in Retrospective Studies

Paul W. Holland and Donald B. Rubin
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Paul W. Holland: Research Statistics Group Educational Testing Service
Donald B. Rubin: Harvard University

Evaluation Review, 1988, vol. 12, issue 3, 203-231

Abstract: The problem of drawing causal inferences from retrospective case-control studies is considered. A model for causal inference in prospective studies is reviewed and then applied to retrospective studies. The limitations of case-control studies are formulated in terms of the level of causally relevant parameters that can be estimated in such studies. An example using data from a large retrospective study of coffee-drinking and myocardial infarctions is used to illustrate the ideas of the article.

Date: 1988
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