Sentence examples for the quality of propensity from inspiring English sources

Comparison of outcomes between propensity-matched ARDS patients having one or more common risk factor identified or not during ICU stay showed no significant difference (Table 5; Fig. 2; Additional file 1: e-Figure 1 for assessing the quality of propensity score matching), except for a shorter duration of hospital stay in the latter group as compared to the former one.

The quality of the propensity score was confirmed by checking the balance of covariates among patients with whole-body CT and among those with selective CT after adjustment for the propensity score.

During the course of this manuscript we discuss tests for determining the quality of the derived propensity score, various techniques for utilizing propensity scores, and also the potential limitations of this technique.

It is discouraging that the quality of discourse about the human propensity to wage war is still so low that it flunks Evolution 101.

As stated by Becker and Ichino (2002 ), imposing the common support condition in the estimation of the propensity score may improve the quality of the matches used to estimate the average treatment effects.

As well as macroeconomic stability, northern Europe receives a much stronger assessment for the quality of its institutional environment, the efficiency of markets, its propensity for technological adoption and innovation, among other factors.

The quality of that audience, in turn, was based on its location, income, education level and propensity to buy the product the advertiser sold.

To give a better idea of the quality of our estimates, in Figure 1, we also report the distribution of these estimated propensity scores.

To improve the quality of the matches, estimates are performed imposing the common support condition in the estimation of the propensity score.

The common support restriction (to exclude data from exposed truckers with a propensity score higher than that of any unexposed trucker) was imposed to improve the quality of the matches [ 30].

In order to assess the quality of sample balance between treated and matched controls, we follow recommendations by Stuart ([2010]) and test for differences in mean and variances of propensity scores across treated and control groups.