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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-04-10 and was most recently seen on 2026-04-10.
Difference in differences is a quasi-experimental statistical technique used in econometrics and quantitative research in the social sciences that attempts to mimic an experimental research design using observational study data, by studying the differential effect of a treatment on a "treatment group" versus a "control group" in a natural experiment. It calculates the effect of a treatment on an outcome by comparing the average change over time in the outcome variable for the treatment group to the average change over time for the control group. Although it is intended to mitigate the effects of extraneous factors and selection bias, depending on how the treatment group is chosen, this method may still be subject to certain biases.
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