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題名 Nonparametric estimation for propensity scores with misclassified treatments
作者 陳立榜
Chen, Li-Pang
貢獻者 統計系
關鍵詞 average treatment effect; bias analysis; causal inference; inverse probability weights; machine learning; measurement error correction; propensity score
日期 2025-01
上傳時間 17-Dec-2025 11:47:22 (UTC+8)
摘要 In the framework of causal inference, average treatment effect (ATE) is one of crucial concerns. To estimate it, the propensity score based estimation method and its variants have been widely adopted. However, most existing methods were developed by assuming that binary treatments are precisely measured. In addition, propensity scores are usually formulated as parametric models with respect to confounders. However, in the presence of measurement error in binary treatments and nonlinear relationship between treatments and confounders, existing methods are no longer valid and may yield biased inference results if these features are ignored. In this paper, we first analytically examine the impact of estimation of ATE and derive biases for the estimator of ATE when treatments are contaminated with measurement error. After that, we develop a valid method to address binary treatments with misclassification. Given the corrected treatments, we adopt the random forest method to estimate the propensity score with nonlinear confounders accommodated and then derive the estimator of ATE. Asymptotic properties of the error-eliminated estimator are established. Numerical studies are also conducted to assess the finite sample performance of the proposed estimator, and numerical results verify the importance of correcting for measurement error effects.
關聯 Statistics in Medicine, Vol.44, No.1-2, e10306, pp.1-19
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.10306
dc.contributor 統計系
dc.creator (作者) 陳立榜
dc.creator (作者) Chen, Li-Pang
dc.date (日期) 2025-01
dc.date.accessioned 17-Dec-2025 11:47:22 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 17-Dec-2025 11:47:22 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 17-Dec-2025 11:47:22 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://ah.lib.nccu.edu.tw/item?item_id=180233-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) In the framework of causal inference, average treatment effect (ATE) is one of crucial concerns. To estimate it, the propensity score based estimation method and its variants have been widely adopted. However, most existing methods were developed by assuming that binary treatments are precisely measured. In addition, propensity scores are usually formulated as parametric models with respect to confounders. However, in the presence of measurement error in binary treatments and nonlinear relationship between treatments and confounders, existing methods are no longer valid and may yield biased inference results if these features are ignored. In this paper, we first analytically examine the impact of estimation of ATE and derive biases for the estimator of ATE when treatments are contaminated with measurement error. After that, we develop a valid method to address binary treatments with misclassification. Given the corrected treatments, we adopt the random forest method to estimate the propensity score with nonlinear confounders accommodated and then derive the estimator of ATE. Asymptotic properties of the error-eliminated estimator are established. Numerical studies are also conducted to assess the finite sample performance of the proposed estimator, and numerical results verify the importance of correcting for measurement error effects.
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dc.relation (關聯) Statistics in Medicine, Vol.44, No.1-2, e10306, pp.1-19
dc.subject (關鍵詞) average treatment effect; bias analysis; causal inference; inverse probability weights; machine learning; measurement error correction; propensity score
dc.title (題名) Nonparametric estimation for propensity scores with misclassified treatments
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dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1002/sim.10306
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.10306