how to do statistical matching

Data matching describes efforts to compare two sets of collected data. Jennifer and I discuss this in chapter 10 of our book, also it’s in Don Rubin’s PhD thesis from 1970! I think the crucial take-away is the essential similarity of M+R and regression alone. We talk about “pruning” in matching but really we should talk about “extrapolating” in regression. Mike: “Combine that with the larger set of choices to exploit when matching (calipers, 1-to-1 or k-to-1, etc.) In the basic statistical matching framework, there are two data sources Aand Bsharing a set of variables X while the variable Y is available only in Aand the variable Z is observed just in B. I don’t follow how this can lead to more data mining. Most of the matching estimators (at least the propensity score methods and CEM) promise that the weighted difference in means will be (nearly) the same as the regression estimate that includes all of the balancing covariates. You’re right — nothing can stop you if you’re intent on data-mining, but I still hold that matching makes it easier and easier to hide. I disagree with last phrase. Describing a sample of data – descriptive statistics (centrality, dispersion, replication), see also Summary statistics. Matching need not be parametric. Statistical matching is closely related to imputation. I would say yes, since matching gives you control over both the set of covariates and the sample itself. Check that covariates are balanced across treatment and comparison groups within strata of the propensity score. Probabilistic matching isn’t as accurate as deterministic matching, but it does use deterministic data sets to train the algorithms to improve accuracy. Pedagogically, matching and regression are different. Further, the variation in estimates across matches is greater than across regression models. The only good justification I can see for matching is when important prognostic variables lack independence — and even then I might lean towards utilizing principal component scores or ridge regression or regression supplemented with propensity scores. Trying to do matching without regression is a fool’s errand or a mug’s game or whatever you want to call it. A matching problem arises when a set of edges must be drawn that do not share any vertices. In fact, matching makes data-mining easier because there are a larger set of choices and the treatment effect tends to vary across them more than across regression models. Comparing “like with like” in the context of a theory or DAG. I think there is quite a bit of matching and regression in observational healthcare economics literature, see https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203246. You identify ‘attributes’ that are unlikely to change. It seems like the idea of using matching and regression has become a sort of folk theorem, with nothing to cite about why it’s a good idea (other than perhaps some textbooks where it’s presented with little argument). 1. I think pedagogically it is very different to set up a comparison first and then estimation. By contrast matching focuses first on setting up the “right” comparison and, only then, estimation. Matching plus regression still adds functional form unless fully saturated no? Seldom do people start out with a well defined population (though they should). I think this makes a big difference. 2is the sample variance of q(x) for the control group. That’s always been my experience. To identify what statistical measures you want calculated: Use the Output Options check boxes. For each treated case MedCalc will try to find a control case with matching age and gender. Yeah, like the statistician that performed the Himmicanes study…. But I think the philosophies and research practices that underpin them are entirely different. 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