Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Χωρικά Αδρότερη Ακριβής Αντιστοίχιση (Spatial CEM)	Αντιστοίχιση Βαθμολογίας Προδιάθεσης
Πεδίο	Αιτιακή Συμπερασματολογία	Ερευνητική Στατιστική
Οικογένεια	Regression model	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2012 (CEM foundation); spatial extension in applied literature 2015-present	1983
Δημιουργός	Iacus, King & Porro (CEM foundation, 2012); extended to spatial contexts by applied spatial econometricians	Paul Rosenbaum and Donald Rubin
Τύπος	Quasi-experimental matching estimator with spatial covariates	Method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Iacus, S. M., King, G., & Porro, G. (2012). Causal Inference without Balance Checking: Coarsened Exact Matching. Political Analysis, 20(1), 1-24.	Rosenbaum, P. R., & Rubin, D. B. (1983). The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects. Biometrika, 70(1), 41–55.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Spatial CEM, Geographic CEM, Spatial exact matching, CEM with spatial covariates	PSM, propensity score weighting, covariate balance
Συναφείς	6	3
Σύνοψη	Spatial Coarsened Exact Matching applies the Coarsened Exact Matching framework to study designs involving geographic units — neighbourhoods, census tracts, municipalities, or grid cells. Covariates are coarsened into discrete bins and units are matched exactly on those bins, with spatial attributes (location, adjacency, geographic characteristics) incorporated as matching dimensions to control for spatial confounding.	Propensity score matching (PSM) is a method for reducing confounding bias in observational studies by balancing baseline characteristics between treatment groups, simulating randomization. Developed by Rosenbaum and Rubin (1983), it estimates the probability of receiving treatment given observed covariates, then matches or weights treated and control individuals with similar treatment probabilities. Widely used in medicine, epidemiology, and policy evaluation when randomized trials are infeasible or unethical, enabling estimation of treatment effects while controlling for selection bias.