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协变量个数发散的完全随机试验的回归调整

Regression adjustment in completely randomized experiments with a diverging number of covariates

Lihua Lei, Peng Ding

摘要:

随机实验已成为实证研究的重要工具。在完全随机化的治疗对照实验中,结果均值的简单差异对于平均治疗效果是无偏的,协变量调整可以进一步提高效率,而无需假设正确指定的结果模型。在现代应用中,实验者往往有机会获得许多协变量,激励需要一个协变量调整理论下的渐近制度与发散数量的协变量。本文研究了潜在结果模型下协变量调整的渐近性质,在较弱的条件下,提出了一个具有相合性和渐近正态性的偏差校正估计。我们的理论是纯粹的随机化为基础,没有强加任何参数结果模型的假设。为了证明理论结果,我们发展了新的向量和矩阵浓度不等式的不放回抽样。

英文摘要:

Randomized experiments have become important tools in empirical research. In a completely randomized treatment-control experiment, the simple difference in means of the outcome is unbiased for the average treatment effect, and covariate adjustment can further improve the efficiency without assuming a correctly specified outcome model. In modern applications, experimenters often have access to many covariates, motivating the need for a theory of covariate adjustment under the asymptotic regime with a diverging number of covariates. We study the asymptotic properties of covariate adjustment under the potential outcomes model and propose a bias-corrected estimator that is consistent and asymptotically normal under weaker conditions. Our theory is purely randomization-based without imposing any parametric outcome model assumptions. To prove the theoretical results, we develop novel vector and matrix concentration inequalities for sampling without replacement.

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