pzivich / Python-for-Epidemiologists

Tutorial in Python targeted at Epidemiologists. Will discuss the basics of analysis in Python 3
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Replicate "Causal Inference" #3

Open pzivich opened 5 years ago

pzivich commented 5 years ago

Issue to track progress on implementation of Hernan and Robins "Causal Inference" chapters

~G-estimation is not currently implemented. I will need to implement these before chapter 14 can be done.~

Currently there are no plans to replicate Chapter 15 (propensity scores and regression) or Chapter 16 (instrumental variables) since the first method does not require zEpid and I am unfamiliar with the second. Maybe instrumental variables will be added in the future?

For Chapter 16, I am considering demonstrating the usage of g-estimation instead of two-stage least-squares. Specifically, using the same data as done in Chapter 16 but following Technical Point 16.3