This dataset contains 100 observations, generated under the following mechanism:
Z ~ N(0, 1) (measured factor: confounder)
X ~ Z + N(0,1) (exposure)
Y ~ 0.5X + Z + N(0, 1) (outcome)
Usage
causal_confounding
Arguments
Format
A dataframe with 100 rows and 3:
covariate: a known factor (confounder)
exposure: exposure
outcome: outcome
References
D'Agostino McGowan L, Barrett M (2023). Causal inference is not a statistical problem. Preprint arXiv:2304.02683v1.