# When propensity scores might not be the right tool

**URL:** <https://community.intuitivebayes.com/t/when-propensity-scores-might-not-be-the-right-tool/503>\
**Category:** Matching and Subclassification\
**Created:** [September 14, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://community.intuitivebayes.com/t/when-propensity-scores-might-not-be-the-right-tool/503 "2022-09-14T00:57:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![RavinKumar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/community.intuitivebayes.com/ravinkumar/32/13_2.png) [@RavinKumar](https://community.intuitivebayes.com/u/RavinKumar)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://community.intuitivebayes.com/t/when-propensity-scores-might-not-be-the-right-tool/503/1 "2022-09-14T00:57:19Z")

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Funny tweet but it does illustrate how propensity score matching might not produce expected results

> <https://twitter.com/HallaMartin/status/1569311697717927937>

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**Author:** ![rahulB](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/community.intuitivebayes.com/rahulb/32/140_2.png) [@rahulB](https://community.intuitivebayes.com/u/rahulB)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.intuitivebayes.com/t/when-propensity-scores-might-not-be-the-right-tool/503/2 "2022-09-24T13:45:20Z")

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This is funny. I was wondering what other methods exists that are better than propensity scores for such use cases?