MEANING
A specified hypothetical randomized trial used to frame the causal question an observational analysis seeks to emulate.
Use it for
An observational study needs a clearly defined hypothetical experiment as its causal benchmark.Helps make a causal research question concrete by specifying the randomized trial one would ideally run.
On the page
Before analyzing the registry, the team specified a target trial with explicit eligibility and follow-up.
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- Base
- target trial
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