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Re: st: random sampling matching the characteristics of the sample


From   [email protected] (Brendan Halpin)
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: random sampling matching the characteristics of the sample
Date   Tue, 01 May 2012 13:01:57 +0100

On Tue, May 01 2012, Maarten Buis wrote:

> There are good rasons for using propensity score matching (and equally
> good reasons for not doing so, it all depends on the exact nature of
> your research question, your data, etc.) but a sparse dummy is not one
> of them.

Also, when doing propensity score matching there is nothing to stop you
using many controls for each case, and indeed it is often desirable.

Brendan
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