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It’s a “synthetic control” because they didn’t actually have a control group. So they tried to pretend their was such a group by taking data from elsewhere. Ye
by irq11 6y ago
It’s a “synthetic control” because they didn’t actually have a control group. So they tried to pretend their was such a group by taking data from elsewhere.
Yes, I read the paper.
- jiofih 6y agoHow else do you propose a control group for an entire city, other than looking at other cities in the same region? Have you done research like this before?