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DirectEffects (version 0.2.1)

Estimating Controlled Direct Effects for Explaining Causal Findings

Description

A set of functions to estimate the controlled direct effect of treatment fixing a potential mediator to a specific value. Implements the sequential g-estimation estimator described in Vansteelandt (2009) and Acharya, Blackwell, and Sen (2016) .

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install.packages('DirectEffects')

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Version

0.2.1

License

GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

Matthew Blackwell

Last Published

May 12th, 2021

Functions in DirectEffects (0.2.1)

sequential_g

Perform linear sequential g-estimation to estimate the controlled direct effect of a treatment net the effect of a mediator.

plot.cdesens

Plot output from cdesens

seq.g.vcov

Consistent Variance estimator

cdesens

Estimate sensitivity of ACDE estimates under varying levels of unobserved confounding

boots_g

Coefficient Estimates across Bootstrapped Samples

summary.seqgboots

Summary of DirectEffect Bootstrap Estimates

summary.seqg

Computes standard errors and p-values of DirectEffects estimates

civilwar

Data on civil wars and internal conflict from 1945-1999.

ploughs

Data on historical plough use and the socioeconomic status of women.