brfss

A subset of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Survey

datasets

In the observational study design stage, matching/weighting methods are
conducted. However, when many background variables are present, the decision as to
which variables to prioritize for matching/weighting is not trivial. Thus, the
joint treatment-outcome variable importance plots are created to guide variable
selection. The joint variable importance plots enhance variable comparisons via
unadjusted bias curves derived under the omitted variable bias framework. The
plots translate variable importance into recommended values for tuning parameters
in existing methods. Post-matching and/or weighting plots can also be used to
visualize and assess the quality of the observational study design. The method
motivation and derivation is presented in "Prioritizing Variables for Observational
Study Design using the Joint Variable Importance Plot" by Liao et al. (2024)
<doi:10.1080/00031305.2024.2303419>. See the package paper by Liao and Pimentel
(2024) <doi:10.21105/joss.06093> for a beginner friendly user introduction.

Lauren D. Liao

jointVIP

Prioritize Variables with Joint Variable Importance Plot in
Observational Study Design

Samuel D. Pimentel

brfss function

<div class="section" id="brfss">
<h3><code>brfss</code></h3>
A data frame with 5,000 rows and 17 columns:<dl>
<dt>COPD</dt>
<dd>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease</dd><dt>smoke</dt>
<dd>Smoke</dd><dt>sex</dt>
<dd>Sex</dd><dt>weight</dt>
<dd>Weight</dd><dt>average_drinks</dt>
<dd>Average drinks answers to: during the past 30 days, when you drank, how many drinks did you drink on average?</dd><dt>race_white, race_black, race_hispanic, race_other</dt>
<dd>Race group</dd><dt>age_18to24, age_25to34, age_35to44, age_45to54, age_55to64, age_over65</dt>
<dd>Age groups</dd></dl></div>

Format

2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System — brfss

<div class='section' id='brfss'>
<h3><code>brfss</code></h3>


A data frame with 5,000 rows and 17 columns:<dl>
<dt>COPD</dt>
<dd>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease</dd>

<dt>smoke</dt>
<dd>Smoke</dd>

<dt>sex</dt>
<dd>Sex</dd>

<dt>weight</dt>
<dd>Weight</dd>

<dt>average_drinks</dt>
<dd>Average drinks answers to: during the past 30 days, when you drank, how many drinks did you drink on average?</dd>

<dt>race_white, race_black, race_hispanic, race_other</dt>
<dd>Race group</dd>

<dt>age_18to24, age_25to34, age_35to44, age_45to54, age_55to64, age_over65</dt>
<dd>Age groups</dd>



</dl>

</div>

brfss: 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Description

Usage

Arguments

Format

`brfss`