Citation
Rudolph, Jacqueline E.; Edwards, Jessie K.; Naimi, Ashley I.; & Westreich, Daniel J. (2021). Simulation in Practice: The Balancing Intercept. American Journal of Epidemiology, 190(8), 1696-1698. PMCID: PMC8530150Abstract
Simulation is an important tool within epidemiology for both learning and developing new methodology (1– 5). Unfortunately, few epidemiology training programs teach basic simulation methods. Briefly, when conducting a simulation experiment, we generally follow the same basic steps. We first decide which variables to include, as well as their distributions and associations—often aided by a causal diagram. We then generate those variables by sampling from their specified distributions and estimate whatever target parameter is of interest (e.g., sample average or causal effect). We finally repeat the process multiple times, building a distribution for the target parameter from the estimates obtained in each replicateURL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwab039Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2021Journal Title
American Journal of EpidemiologyAuthor(s)
Rudolph, Jacqueline E.Edwards, Jessie K.
Naimi, Ashley I.
Westreich, Daniel J.