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This volume grew out of a multiplicity of concerns about the use of self-selected samples to draw causal inferences. Singer’s concern showed itself in the study of the efficacy of various drug rehabilitation programs; Heckman and Robb’s in studying the worth of job training programs; Glynn, Laird, and Rubin’s in a comparison of alcohol consumption level of two groups of individuals. John Tukey is interested in most things; if you can get his attention you will always depart wiser than when you arrived.
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Wainer, H. (1986). Introduction and Overview. In: Wainer, H. (eds) Drawing Inferences from Self-Selected Samples. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4976-4_1
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