Sensitivity Analysis in Observational Research: Introducing the E-Value

Sensitivity Analysis in Observational Research: Introducing the E-Value

Neyman Seminar
Nov 26, 2018, 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM | 1011 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Tyler VanderWeele, Harvard School of Public Health
Sensitivity analysis is useful in assessing how robust an association is to potential unmeasured or uncontrolled confounding. This article introduces a new measure called the “E-value,” which is related to the evidence for causality in observational studies that are potentially subject to confounding. The E-value is defined as the minimum strength of association, on the risk ratio scale, that an...