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Comparisons, Benchmarks, and Confounding Factors

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(bit.ly/dsia06f} Part F of Lec 6 explains that comparisons require benchmarks. It is important that the benchmarks should be “comparable” in the right way with the cases under evaluation. In statistical language, this is called the Treatment and Control group. For comparability, it is essential that the two groups should be matched on the “confounding ...

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(bit.ly/dsia06f} Part F of Lec 6 explains that comparisons require benchmarks. It is important that the benchmarks should be “comparable” in the right way with the cases under evaluation. In statistical language, this is called the Treatment and Control group. For comparability, it is essential that the two groups should be matched on the “confounding factors”. The lecture provides a simple and intuitive explanation of what confounding factors are, so that we can assess whether benchmarks are comparable to the cases being evaluated.


Asad Zaman
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