Methods Best Practices from HSR
The following collection is a subset of the methods-focused articles published in HSR. Each article covers best practices with respect to a particular quantitative or qualitative method or issue. This is a growing collection, and more HSR "methods best practices" articles will be added as they are published.
Matching and Regression to the Mean in Difference-in-Differences Analysis
Jamie R. Daw Ph.D., Laura A. Hatfield Ph.D.
Two‐Stage Residual Inclusion Estimation in Health Services Research and Health Economics
Joseph V. Terza, Ph.D.
Log Odds and the Interpretation of Logit Models
Edward C. Norton Ph.D., Bryan E. Dowd Ph.D.
A Practical Guide to Using the Positive Deviance Method in Health Services Research
Adam J. Rose M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.P., Megan B. McCullough Ph.D., Bryan E. Dowd Ph.D.
Falsification Testing of Instrumental Variables Methods for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Steven D. Pizer Ph.D.
Using Grounded Theory Method to Capture and Analyze Health Care Experiences
Geraldine Foley B.Sc. (OT), M.Sc. (OT), Ph.D., Virpi Timonen B.A., M.Phil., D.Phil.
Why We Should Not Be Indifferent to Specification Choices for Difference‐in‐Differences
Andrew M. Ryan Ph.D., M.A., James F. Burgess Ph.D., Justin B. Dimick M.D., M.P.H.
Methods for Constructing and Assessing Propensity Scores
Melissa M. Garrido Ph.D., Amy S. Kelley M.D., M.S.H.S., Julia Paris B.A., Katherine Roza B.A., Diane E. Meier, R. Sean Morrison M.D., Melissa D. Aldridge Ph.D., M.B.A.
Computation of Standard Errors
Bryan E. Dowd Ph.D., William H. Greene Ph.D, Edward C. Norton Ph.D.
Evaluating Survey Quality in Health Services Research: A Decision Framework for Assessing Nonresponse Bias
Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben Ph.D, Marilyn V. Whitman Ph.D
Interaction Terms in Nonlinear Models
Pinar Karaca‐Mandic, Edward C. Norton, Bryan Dowd