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Causal Effects in Twin Studies: the Role of Interference
Bonnie Smith, Elizabeth L. Ogburn, Matt McGue +2
The use of twins designs to address causal questions is becoming increasingly popular. A standard assumption is that there is no interference between twins---that is, no twin's exp…
Counterexamples to "The Blessings of Multiple Causes" by Wang and Blei
Elizabeth L. Ogburn, Ilya Shpitser, Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen
This note has been updated (April, 2020) to respond to "Towards Clarifying the Theory of the Deconfounder" by Yixin Wang, David M. Blei (arXiv:2003.04948). This original note, post…
Comment on "Blessings of Multiple Causes"
Elizabeth L. Ogburn, Ilya Shpitser, Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen
(This comment has been updated to respond to Wang and Blei's rejoinder [arXiv:1910.07320].) The premise of the deconfounder method proposed in "Blessings of Multiple Causes" by Wan…
Network Dependence Can Lead to Spurious Associations and Invalid Inference
Youjin Lee, Elizabeth L. Ogburn
Researchers across the health and social sciences generally assume that observations are independent, even while relying on convenience samples that draw subjects from one or a sma…
Challenges to estimating contagion effects from observational data
Elizabeth L. Ogburn
A growing body of literature attempts to learn about contagion using observational (i.e. non-experimental) data collected from a single social network. While the conclusions of the…
Incorporating Contact Network Structure in Cluster Randomized Trials
Patrick C. Staples, Elizabeth L. Ogburn, Jukka-Pekka Onnela
Whenever possible, the efficacy of a new treatment, such as a drug or behavioral intervention, is investigated by randomly assigning some individuals to a treatment condition and o…