Selection bias due to conditioning on a collider
Effect estimates may be biased when the study design or the data analysis is conditional on a collider—a variable that is caused by two other variables. Causal directed acyclic graphs are a helpful tool to identify colliders that may introduce selection bias in observational research.
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) |
| Repositorio: | Repisalud |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/16171 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/16171 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Selection Bias Humans Bias |
| Sumario: | Effect estimates may be biased when the study design or the data analysis is conditional on a collider—a variable that is caused by two other variables. Causal directed acyclic graphs are a helpful tool to identify colliders that may introduce selection bias in observational research. |
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