LIDS Seminar Series Daniel Spielman
Balancing Covariates In Randomized Experiments Using The Gram–Schmidt Walk
ABSTRACT Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are the principal way we estimate the effectiveness of new medications, procedures, policies, and interventions. In a typical medical trial, the subjects are divided into two (or more) groups. One group of subjects is given the new medicine, and the other is given a placebo or old medicine. Randomization is used to…
