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Transparency means making evidence evident. An observational study that is not transparent may be overwhelming or intimidating, but it is unlikely to be convincing. Several aspects of transparency are briefly discussed.
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R. Rosenbaum, P. (2020). Transparency. In: Design of Observational Studies. Springer Series in Statistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46405-9_6
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