Bias analysis of the instrumental variable estimator as an estimator of the average causal effect

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Chiba, Yasutaka ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Confounding risk difference; Monte Carlo sensitivity analysis; Noncompliance; Potential outcome; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONRESPONSE BIAS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; CORONARY DISEASE; COUNSELING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 73049107154     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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