[PRE REVIEW]: jointVIP: Prioritizing variables in observational study design with joint variable importance plot in R

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Submitting author: !--author-handle-->@ldliao<!--end-author-handle-- (Lauren Liao) Repository: https://github.com/ldliao/jointVIP Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): Version: 0.1.2 Editor: !--editor-->@ajstewartlang<!--end-editor-- Reviewers: @nhejazi, @jackmwolf Managing EiC: Olivia Guest

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- 10.1214/09-sts313 may be a valid DOI for title: Matching methods for causal inference: A review and a look forward
- 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi890 may be a valid DOI for title: Heart failure, chronic diuretic use, and increase in mortality and hospitalization: an observational study using propensity score methods
- 10.1214/08-sts254 may be a valid DOI for title: Covariate balance in simple, stratified and clustered comparative studies
- 10.1017/cbo9780511810725.019 may be a valid DOI for title: Constructing a control group using multivariate matched sampling methods that incorporate the propensity score
- 10.1080/01621459.1999.10473858 may be a valid DOI for title: Causal effects in nonexperimental studies: Reevaluating the evaluation of training programs
- 10.1198/106186006x137047 may be a valid DOI for title: Optimal full matching and related designs via network flows

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