Target population

Average
potential
outcome

Approach

Model-based
standardization

Inverse
probability
weighting

Doubly robust estimation

Total

E(Y1)

 

E(Y0)

Exposed

E(Y1 | A = 1)

 

E(Y0 | A = 1)

Unexposed

E(Y1 | A = 0)

 

E(Y0 | A = 0)

Table 1: The estimators from the model-based standardization approach, inverse probability weighting approach, and doubly robust estimation.