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A causal-inference method weighting observations by inverse treatment probabilities to create a balanced pseudo-population.
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Name weights based on the inverse chance of observed treatment.Describe a weighting approach for observational causal analyses.
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- inverse probability weighting estimator
- apply inverse probability weighting
- stabilized weights
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Inverse probability weighting balanced measured treatment predictors before estimating the outcome difference.
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It relies on a correctly estimated treatment model and measured confounders; it cannot remove unmeasured confounding by itself.
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