psmpy: Propensity Score Matching in Python — and why it’s needed

Adrienne Kline
Towards Data Science
9 min readMar 21, 2022

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When we try and answer quesions like:

‘Does taking beta blockers reduce risk of heart attacks?’

‘Does smoking cause cancer?’

‘Do STEM programs in elementrary schools encourage more students to go into the sciences?’

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I'm an assistant professor @ Northwestern University and Head of AI & Eng. @ Northwestern Medicine's BCVI Center for AI