Automatic Identification of Quasi-Experimental Designs for Scientific Discovery
نویسندگان
چکیده
We briefly describe recent research on the automatic identification of quasi-experimental designs, a family of methods used in the medical, social, and economic sciences to discover causal knowledge from observational data. These methods are widely used for manual discovery, but recent advances in knowledge representation and databases have made it possible to automate aspects of their use. We report on a prototype system for automatically identifying quasiexperimental designs and suggest future work.
منابع مشابه
A tutorial on Quasi-experimental designs
A main step in answering a scientific hypothesis in an epidemiological study is deciding which type of study is suitable to be undertaken, considering methodology, practical considerations and budget and time limitations
متن کاملFrom perceptual designs to linguistic typology and automatic language identification : overview and perspectives
This paper deals with the overview of the methods in perceptual language identification and the suggestion of a new approach based on a two-step methodology integrating to perception “genetic” considerations and resulting into the modeling of perceptually identified discriminative cues. The first study reported here concerns experimental designs for perceptual and automatic identification of th...
متن کاملAutomatic Discovery of Technology Networks for Industrial-Scale R&D IT Projects via Data Mining
Industrial-Scale R&D IT Projects depend on many sub-technologies which need to be understood and have their risks analysed before the project can begin for their success. When planning such an industrial-scale project, the list of technologies and the associations of these technologies with each other is often complex and form a network. Discovery of this network of technologies is time consumi...
متن کاملPosition Paper: The Use and Interpretation of Quasi-Experimental Studies in Medical Informatics
Quasi-experimental study designs, often described as nonrandomized, pre-post intervention studies, are common in the medical informatics literature. Yet little has been written about the benefits and limitations of the quasi-experimental approach as applied to informatics studies. This paper outlines a relative hierarchy and nomenclature of quasi-experimental study designs that is applicable to...
متن کاملThe use of quasi-experiments in the social sciences: a content analysis
This article examines the use of various research designs in the social sciences as well as the choices that are made when a quasi-experimental design is used. A content analysis was carried out on articles published in 18 social science journals with various impact factors. The presence of quasi-experimental studies was investigated as well as choices in the design and analysis stage. It was f...
متن کامل