Accounting for uncertainty in confounder and effect modifier selection when estimating average causal effects in generalized linear models

DOI10.1111/biom.12315zbMath1419.62468OpenAlexW2163988630WikidataQ41033350 ScholiaQ41033350MaRDI QIDQ2803486

Francesca Dominici, Corwin M. Zigler, Chi Wang, Giovanni Parmigiani

Publication date: 4 May 2016

Published in: Biometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc4575246

zbMATH Keywords

average causal effectconfounder selectionBayesian adjustment for confoundingtreatment effect heterogeneity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Bayesian inference (62F15) Generalized linear models (logistic models) (62J12)

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Uses Software

• twang

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