Fundamentals of causal inference : (Record no. 701186)
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| fixed length control field | 03546cam a22002778i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780367705053 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780367705053 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 519.54 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Brumback, Babette A., |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Fundamentals of causal inference : |
| Sub Title | with R |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Babette A. Brumback. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Boca Raton |
| Name of publisher | CRC |
| Year of publication | 2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | pages cm. |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Texts in statistical science |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Conditional probability and expectation -- Potential outcomes and the fundamental problem of causal inference -- Effect-measure modification and causal interaction -- Causal directed acyclic graphs -- Adjusting for confounding : backdoor method via standardization -- Adjusting for confounding : difference-in-differences estimators -- Adjusting for confounding : front-door method -- Adjusting for confounding : instrumental variables -- Adjusting for confounding : propensity-score methods -- Gaining efficiency with precision variables -- Mediation. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "One of the primary motivations for clinical trials and observational studies of humans is to infer cause and effect. Disentangling causation from confounding is of utmost importance. Fundamentals of Causal Inference explains and relates different methods of confounding adjustment in terms of potential outcomes and graphical models, including standardization, difference-in-differences estimation, the front-door method, instrumental variables estimation, and propensity score methods. It also covers effect-measure modification, precision variables, mediation analyses, and time-dependent confounding. Several real data examples, simulation studies, and analyses using R motivate the methods throughout. The book assumes familiarity with basic statistics and probability, regression, and R and is suitable for seniors or graduate students in statistics, biostatistics, and data science as well as PhD students in a wide variety of other disciplines, including epidemiology, pharmacy, the health sciences, education, and the social, economic, and behavioral sciences. Beginning with a brief history and a review of essential elements of probability and statistics, a unique feature of the book is its focus on real and simulated datasets with all binary variables to reduce complex methods down to their fundamentals. Calculus is not required, but a willingness to tackle mathematical notation, difficult concepts, and intricate logical arguments is essential. While many real data examples are included, the book also features the Double What-If Study, based on simulated data with known causal mechanisms, in the belief that the methods are best understood in circumstances where they are known to either succeed or fail. Datasets, R code, and solutions to odd-numbered exercises are available at www.routledge.com. Babette A. Brumback is Professor and Associate Chair for Education in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Florida; she won the department's Outstanding Teacher Award for 2020-2021. A Fellow of the American Statistical Association, she has researched and applied methods for causal inference since 1998, specializing in methods for time-dependent confounding, complex survey samples and clustered data"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Estimation theory. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Conditional expectations (Mathematics) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Effect sizes (Statistics) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Acyclic models. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Causation |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Inference |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | R (Computer program language) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
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