Impact of outcome model misspecification on regression and doubly-robust inverse probability weighting to estimate causal effect

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Lefebvre, Geneviève ^a   Gustafson, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Double robustness; Effect modification; Inverse probability weighting; Model misspecification; Regression

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950538934     PISSN: 15574679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1207     Document Type: Article

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