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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">R User Group - April Meetup</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2012-04-17T19:00:00" datetime="2012-04-17T19:00:00">Tuesday, April 17, 2012 from 7</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2012-04-17T21:00:00" datetime="2012-04-17T21:00:00">9pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202393154'><span class='fn org p-name'>Simple</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">1615 SE 3rd Ave, Suite 200</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">OR</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97214</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1615%20SE%203rd%20Ave,%20Suite%20200,%20Portland%20OR%2097214%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>There will be just 1 talk at this meetup. Thanks to Simple for hosting again!</p> <p> </p> <p><span>Speaker: De'Mel Mojica</span></p> <p><span><span>Propensity Score Matching (or “matching” as it’s commonly called) has gained in popularity among methodological circles with its rather parsimonious set of modeling assumptions and relative efficiency.</span><span>  </span><span>This talk will briefly introduce users to the basic ideas behind its application; provide an overview of “Matchit” a popular R package that employs matching techniques to broad set data scenarios; and (if time allows) demonstrate its usefulness with a test case.</span><br></span></p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="http://www.meetup.com/portland-r-user-group/events/59897192/">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>