August 2, 2018

Larry Brown: Remembrance and Connections of His Work to Observational Studies

By Dylan Small

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Methodology Remembrance

July 19, 2018

Handling Limited Overlap in Observational Studies with Cardinality Matching

By Giancarlo Visconti and Jose Zubizarreta

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Applications and Case Studies Methodology Software Descriptions

July 3, 2018

Comparing logistic and log-binomial models for causal mediation analyses of binary mediators and rare binary outcomes: evidence to support cross-checking of mediation results in practice

By Mariia Samoilenko, Lucie Blais and Geneviève Lefebvre

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April 12, 2018

A Contemporary Conceptual Framework for Initial Data Analysis

By Marianne Huebner, Saskia le Cessie, Carsten Schmidt and Werner Vach

March 20, 2018

Potential for Bias Inflation with Grouped Data: A Comparison of Estimators and a Sensitivity Analysis Strategy

By Marc Scott, Ronli Diakow, Jennifer Hill and Joel Middleton

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Observational Studies invites submission of comments on Leo Breiman’s paper “Statistical Modeling: The Two Cultures” (Statistical Science, 2001, 16(3), 199-231). Breiman’s paper will be reprinted on its 20^th anniversary along with comments. The deadline for submitting comments is March 5, 2021.

The 2020 Cochran award for best paper published in Observational Studies between 2015-2019 is awarded to Giancarlo Visconti and Jose Zubizarreta for their paper “Handling Limited Overlap in Observational Studies with Cardinality Matching.” The next Cochran award will be given in 2023 for a paper published between 2020-2022.