Monte-Carlo sensitivity analysis for controlled direct effects using marginal structural models in the presence of confounded mediators

DOI10.1080/03610926.2010.551016MaRDI QIDQ2920002zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yasutaka Chiba

Publication date 23 October 2012

Published in Communications in Statistics. Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2010.551016

zbMATH Keywords

causal inferencepotential outcomerandomized trialsinverse-probability-of-treatment-weighting

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Medical applications (general) (92C50)

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• Causal Mediation Analyses with Rank Preserving Models
• Causal diagrams for empirical research
• Multiple-Bias Modelling for Analysis of Observational Data
• Sensitivity analysis of unmeasured confounding for the causal risk ratio by applying marginal structural models
• The Impact of Prior Distributions for Uncontrolled Confounding and Response Bias
• The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects

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• Posttreatment Confounding in Causal Mediation Studies: A Cutting-Edge Problem and a Novel Solution via Sensitivity Analysis
• Bounds on controlled direct effects under monotonic assumptions about mediators and confounders
• Marginal structural models for estimating principal stratum direct effects under the monotonicity assumption
• Simple methods for the estimation and sensitivity analysis of principal strata effects using marginal structural models: application to a bone fracture prevention trial
• Sensitivity Analysis for Principal Stratum Direct Effects, with an Application to a Study of Physical Activity and Coronary Heart Disease
• Sensitivity analysis for an unobserved moderator in RCT-to-target-population generalization of treatment effects

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