Glossary Term

IV

Instrumental Variable (IV) is an econometric technique addressing confounding in observational studies using a variable correlated with treatment assignment but independent of unmeasured confounders.

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Related terms
DiD RDD IPTW
Further reading
Wikipedia: Instrumental Variables Estimation Browse the HEOR resource database

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