Randomization-Based Inference for Average Treatment Effects in Inexactly Matched Observational Studies
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非精确匹配观察研究中平均处理效应的随机化推断
- 研究问题
- 观察研究匹配后仍有协变量不平衡时，如何对平均处理效应开展随机化推断，并减少常规方法的偏差与欠覆盖？
- 方法与思路
- 作者提出逆匹配后概率加权，将非精确匹配的偏差修正从恒定效应及尖锐原假设情形扩展到平均效应的弱原假设。
- 材料陈述的贡献
- 摘要称，理论与模拟结果表明，该方法在非精确匹配下较常规随机化推断减少偏差，并改善置信区间覆盖率。
- 阅读关注点
- 应核对匹配后概率的定义与估计、因果识别条件、弱原假设下的推断构造，以及极端权重和残余不平衡的影响。
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- 这是 arXiv 预印本，同行评审或接收未核实；摘要未提供完整理论条件，纠正已观测不平衡不能自动解决未观测混杂。
原文摘要
Matching is a widely used causal inference design that aims to approximate a randomized experiment using observational data by forming matched sets of treated and control units based on similarities in their covariates. Ideally, treated units are exactly matched with controls on these covariates, enabling randomization-based inference for treatment effects as in a randomized experiment, under the assumption of no unobserved covariates. However, inexact matching often occurs, leading to residual covariate imbalance after matching. Previous matched studies have typically overlooked this issue and relied on conventional randomization-based inference, assuming that some covariate balance criteria are met. Recent research, however, has shown that this approach can introduce significant bias and proposed methods to correct for bias arising from inexact matching in randomization-based inference. These methods, however, are primarily focused on the constant treatment effect and its extensions (i.e., Fisher's sharp null) and do not apply to average treatment effects (i.e., Neyman's weak null). To address this gap, we introduce a new method--inverse post-matching probability weighting--for conducting randomization-based inference for average treatment effects under inexact matching. Our theoretical and simulation results indicate that, compared to conventional randomization-based inference methods, our approach significantly reduces bias and improves coverage rates in the presence of inexact matching.