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This study compares the performance of the statistical methods\u2014Copula-based deep learning with HT and IPTW weights, propensity score matching (PSM), and logistic regression\u2014in estimating the treatment effect (ATE) using both simulated and real-world data. Our results show that the Copula-based recurrent neural network (RNN) with the method of HT weights provides the most precise and robust treatment effect estimate, with narrow confidence intervals indicating high confidence in the results. The PSM model yields the largest treatment effect estimate, but with greater uncertainty, suggesting sensitivity to data imbalances. In contrast, logistic regression and causal forests produce a substantially smaller estimate, potentially underestimating the treatment effect, particularly in structured datasets such as COMPAS scores. Overall, copula-based methods (HT and IPTW) tend to produce higher and more precise estimates, making them effective choices for treatment effect estimation in complex settings. 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