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pacmann.io © 2022 – Pacmann AI 51 Propensity Score Matching
pacmann.io © 2022 – Pacmann AI 52 Propensity Score Matching ● Propensity score is the probability that someone will be treated. ● Propensity score matching considers observations similar if they had an similar likelihood of being treated, meaning they have similar treatment propensity.
pacmann.io © 2022 – Pacmann AI 53 Propensity Score Matching: The Logic ● Idea: ○ Try to predict an observation propensity for being treated based on the matching variables ○ Then figure out what’s best kind of matches are in term of how likely they are to be treated
pacmann.io © 2022 – Pacmann AI 54 Propensity Score Matching: Causal Diagram ● The causal diagram in mind here looks like this figure ● A, B, C is matching variables that are all on back doors, but those back doors go through Treatment Propensity The Effect Chapter 14