Bowen Chen

Bowen Chen

Ag/Applied Economist

Demystifying the inverse probability weighting method

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This article explains inverse probability weighting with a few R codes. It is published at The Startup.

Preview: Inverse Probability Weighting (IPW) is a popular quasi-experimental statistical method for estimating causal effects under the assumption of conditional independence. This method can be easily implemented and easy to understand. In this post, I will provide an explanation of this method with minimal R codes.

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