Bias and Sensitivity Analyses for Linear Front-Door Models
The front-door model allows unbiased estimation of a total effect in the presence of unobserved confounding. This guarantee of unbiasedness hinges on a set of assumptions that can be violated in practice. We derive formulas that quantify the amount of bias for specific violations, and contrast them...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Methodology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5964/meth.9205 |