2025
Identification and multiply robust estimation in causal mediation analysis across principal strata
Cheng C, Li F. Identification and multiply robust estimation in causal mediation analysis across principal strata. Journal Of The Royal Statistical Society Series B Statistical Methodology 2025, qkaf037. DOI: 10.1093/jrsssb/qkaf037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRobust estimationPrincipal strataJoint potential valuesEfficient influence functionNuisance modelsData examplesEfficient estimationInfluence functionIdentification assumptionsEfficient inferenceEstimationInferenceMisspecificationEstimandsCausal mediation analysisExamplesAssumptionsPosttreatment eventsA flexible Bayesian g-formula for causal survival analyses with time-dependent confounding
Chen X, Hu L, Li F. A flexible Bayesian g-formula for causal survival analyses with time-dependent confounding. Lifetime Data Analysis 2025, 31: 394-421. PMID: 40227517, DOI: 10.1007/s10985-025-09652-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsG-formulaBalance scoresHealth system electronic health recordDiscrete survival dataTime-to-event outcomesPosterior sampling algorithmParametric g-formulaElectronic health recordsBayesian additive regression treesTime-varying treatmentsHypothetical intervention scenariosAdditive regression treesLongitudinal observational studyGeneral classModel misspecificationHealth recordsEmpirical performanceSampling algorithmObservational studySurvival dataIntervention scenariosScoresTreatment strategiesMisspecificationCausality analysis
2024
How to achieve model-robust inference in stepped wedge trials with model-based methods?
Wang B, Wang X, Li F. How to achieve model-robust inference in stepped wedge trials with model-based methods? Biometrics 2024, 80: ujae123. PMID: 39499239, PMCID: PMC11536888, DOI: 10.1093/biomtc/ujae123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment effect estimandsWorking correlation structureSandwich variance estimatorExchangeable working correlation structureFunction of calendar timeEffect estimandsVariance estimationLink functionStepped wedge trialEstimandsTheoretical resultsCorrelation structureWedge trialsEstimating EquationsCluster randomized trialG-computationLinear mixed modelsInferencePotential outcomesMisspecificationEstimationEffective structureModel-based methodsGeneralized Estimating EquationsMixed modelsMaintaining the validity of inference from linear mixed models in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials under misspecified random-effects structures
Ouyang Y, Taljaard M, Forbes A, Li F. Maintaining the validity of inference from linear mixed models in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials under misspecified random-effects structures. Statistical Methods In Medical Research 2024, 33: 1497-1516. PMID: 38807552, PMCID: PMC11499024, DOI: 10.1177/09622802241248382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRandom effects structureVariance estimationComplex correlation structureRobust variance estimationFixed effects parametersDegrees of freedom correctionCluster randomized trialEstimates of standard errorsCorrelation structureRandom effectsStepped-wedge cluster randomized trialComprehensive simulation studyLinear mixed modelsStatistical inferenceRandom intercept modelSimulation studyMixed modelsMisspecificationValidity of inferencesRandom interceptContinuous outcomesEstimationComputational challengesIntercept modelStandard error
2020
A note on the estimation and inference with quadratic inference functions for correlated outcomes
Yu H, Tong G, Li F. A note on the estimation and inference with quadratic inference functions for correlated outcomes. Communications In Statistics - Simulation And Computation 2020, 51: 6525-6536. PMID: 36568127, PMCID: PMC9782733, DOI: 10.1080/03610918.2020.1805463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuadratic inference functionsInference functionScore equationsQuadratic inference function approachRegression parametersFinite samplesCombination of estimatorsGeneral settingEquationsCorrelated outcomesSimulation studyEstimatorFunction approachAnalytical insightsPopular methodInferenceSolutionMultiple setsMisspecificationSetFunctionEstimationAlternative solutionNoteParameters
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