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Negative Control Estimator #130

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pzivich opened this issue Nov 11, 2019 · 0 comments
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Negative Control Estimator #130

pzivich opened this issue Nov 11, 2019 · 0 comments
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Causal inference Updates for the causal inference branch enhancement Long-term Issues/additions that are longer term goals Sensitivity Analysis Updates for sensitivity analysis branch

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pzivich commented Nov 11, 2019

Unmeasured confounding is always a concern. Negative control variables (negative control exposure is correlated with the primary exposure or the confounder but does not causally affect the outcome of interest) can be used to correct for unmeasured confounding.

What this adds:

A new estimator that can be used to assess whether results are impacted by the existence of unmeasured confounding. This estimator does not have anything comparable currently implemented in zEpid.

Reference:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.04945.pdf
@pzivich pzivich added enhancement Long-term Issues/additions that are longer term goals Causal inference Updates for the causal inference branch Sensitivity Analysis Updates for sensitivity analysis branch labels Nov 11, 2019
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