WhatIF: R Software for Evaluating Counterfactuals

WhatIF: R Software for Evaluating Counterfactuals

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WhatIf is an R package that implements the methods for evaluating counterfactuals introduced in King and Zeng (2006a) and King and Zeng (2006b). It offers easy-to-use techniques for assessing a counterfactual's model dependence without having to conduct sensitivity testing over specified classe...

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Main Authors: Heather Stoll, Gary King, Langche Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation for Open Access Statistics 2005-12-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Software
Online Access:http://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php/jss/article/view/1479
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spelling doaj-1d8095e223af4baab0e9e33fe658019f2020-11-24T20:57:43ZengFoundation for Open Access StatisticsJournal of Statistical Software1548-76602005-12-0115111810.18637/jss.v015.i0483WhatIF: R Software for Evaluating CounterfactualsHeather StollGary KingLangche ZengWhatIf is an R package that implements the methods for evaluating counterfactuals introduced in King and Zeng (2006a) and King and Zeng (2006b). It offers easy-to-use techniques for assessing a counterfactual's model dependence without having to conduct sensitivity testing over specified classes of models. These same methods can be used to approximate the common support of the treatment and control groups in causal inference.http://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php/jss/article/view/1479
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description WhatIf is an R package that implements the methods for evaluating counterfactuals introduced in King and Zeng (2006a) and King and Zeng (2006b). It offers easy-to-use techniques for assessing a counterfactual's model dependence without having to conduct sensitivity testing over specified classes of models. These same methods can be used to approximate the common support of the treatment and control groups in causal inference.
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