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An approach that uses data and assumptions to bound a target quantity when available information cannot determine one unique value.
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The evidence narrows a target to a range rather than one value.Describe an analysis that reports defensible bounds instead of an unsupported point estimate.
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- partial identification region
- bounds on an estimand
- partially identify a parameter
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Because key outcomes were missing, the analysis reported bounds through partial identification rather than one estimate.
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- partial identification
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It yields a set of compatible values rather than a single point determined by the data and assumptions.
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