Observational Studies

Thrilled to welcome Andrew Spieker (@SpiekerStats) from Vanderbilt as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Observational Studies! After 5 rewarding years solo, I’m excited to share this role with such a thoughtful scholar and leader in causal inference. Big things ahead!

Congratulations to Jordan Rodu and Michael Baiocchi for winning the Cochran Award for best publication in OBS in the past 2 years for their paper “When black box algorithms are (not) appropriate”!!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

I'm pleased to announce the publication of our special issue featuring an opinion piece by Aronow, Robins, Saarinen, Sävje: “Nonparametric Identification Is Not Enough, but Randomized Controlled Trials Are" along with 6 commentaries: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54591

Our spring/summer issue is now out! Check out articles on bias in matched case-control studies, a protocol for an obs study on the effects of adolescent sports participation, and a causal approach to price optimization using conjoint data: muse.jhu.edu/issue/52625

Check out our newest issue including papers on sensitivity analysis for matched pairs design, power analysis for DTRs, using a diff-in-diff control trial, causal inf for invalid IVs, and a tutorial on matching for clustered studies: muse.jhu.edu/issue/51573