Using the Standardized Difference to Compare the Prevalence of a Binary Variable Between Two Groups in Observational Research

C. Austin, Peter

doi:10.1080/03610910902859574

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Using the Standardized Difference to Compare the Prevalence of a Binary Variable Between Two Groups in Observational Research

Published in Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation • Apr 9, 2009

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Peter C. Austin

Abstract

Researchers are increasingly using the standardized difference to compare the distribution of baseline covariates between treatment groups in observational studies. Standardized differences were initially developed in the context of comparing the mean of continuous variables between two groups. Howe...

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Observational study

Covariate

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