Causal effect for ordinal outcomes from observational data: Bayesian approach

© 2016 by the Mathematical Association of Thailand. All rights reserved. Ordinal outcomes are often observed in the social and economic sciences. It is frequently that the scale or magnitude of the outcomes is not available. The common average treatment effect is not well-defined for causal inferenc...

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Main Authors: Sirisrisakulchai J., Sriboonchitta S.
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Published: 2017
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-423332017-09-28T04:26:30Z Causal effect for ordinal outcomes from observational data: Bayesian approach Sirisrisakulchai J. Sriboonchitta S. © 2016 by the Mathematical Association of Thailand. All rights reserved. Ordinal outcomes are often observed in the social and economic sciences. It is frequently that the scale or magnitude of the outcomes is not available. The common average treatment effect is not well-defined for causal inference. We define a useful causal estimands for ordinal outcomes in this research. To consistently estimate the causal estimands, the data has to satisfy the ignorable treatment assignment assumption. This condition ensures that the outcome of interest is independent of the treatment assignment mechanism. We discuss and propose the models for correcting self-selection bias from this type of observed data using copula approach. Copula can capture the dependence between treatment assignment and outcomes of interest. Bayesian estimation procedures play an important role in causal analysis [1]. Thus, Bayesian estimation procedure is applied to help estimating the complex model structures. Finally, we discuss the framework for estimate causal effect of ordinal potential outcomes and apply this framework to the healthcare survey data from [2] as a case study. 2017-09-28T04:26:29Z 2017-09-28T04:26:29Z 2016-01-01 Journal 16860209 2-s2.0-85008318891 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85008318891&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/42333
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description © 2016 by the Mathematical Association of Thailand. All rights reserved. Ordinal outcomes are often observed in the social and economic sciences. It is frequently that the scale or magnitude of the outcomes is not available. The common average treatment effect is not well-defined for causal inference. We define a useful causal estimands for ordinal outcomes in this research. To consistently estimate the causal estimands, the data has to satisfy the ignorable treatment assignment assumption. This condition ensures that the outcome of interest is independent of the treatment assignment mechanism. We discuss and propose the models for correcting self-selection bias from this type of observed data using copula approach. Copula can capture the dependence between treatment assignment and outcomes of interest. Bayesian estimation procedures play an important role in causal analysis [1]. Thus, Bayesian estimation procedure is applied to help estimating the complex model structures. Finally, we discuss the framework for estimate causal effect of ordinal potential outcomes and apply this framework to the healthcare survey data from [2] as a case study.
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author Sirisrisakulchai J.
Sriboonchitta S.
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Sriboonchitta S.
Causal effect for ordinal outcomes from observational data: Bayesian approach
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Sriboonchitta S.
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title Causal effect for ordinal outcomes from observational data: Bayesian approach
title_short Causal effect for ordinal outcomes from observational data: Bayesian approach
title_full Causal effect for ordinal outcomes from observational data: Bayesian approach
title_fullStr Causal effect for ordinal outcomes from observational data: Bayesian approach
title_full_unstemmed Causal effect for ordinal outcomes from observational data: Bayesian approach
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