3 papers
stat.AP2026
Nonlinear trajectories of lung function recovery in patients with pulmonary disease: empirical evaluation of longitudinal modeling approaches
Zongyue Teng, Ningkun Zhou, Xinyu Zhang +2
Introduction: Longitudinal lung function recovery after pulmonary disease commonly follows nonlinear trajectories, and failure to adequately model these trajectories can lead to bi…
stat.ML2026
Analytical and Bootstrap Confidence Intervals of Double Machine Learning: Simulation studies and an application to rural-urban difference in obesity prevalence
Haozheng Xu, Siyuan Ma, Qingyan Xiang
Double Machine Learning (DML) is a popular approach for treatment effect estimation in various settings, which allows a wide range of flexible machine learning methods to be used f…
stat.OT2026
Using large language models for sensitivity analysis in causal inference: case studies on Cornfield inequality and E-value
Qingyan Xiang, Jiahao Zhang, Bojian Feng
Sensitivity analysis methods such as the Cornfield inequality and the E-value were developed to assess the robustness of observed associations against unmeasured confounding -- a m…