## ----include = FALSE---------------------------------------------------------- knitr::opts_chunk$set( collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>" ) ## ----setup-------------------------------------------------------------------- library(causaldef) library(stats) if (!exists("deparse1", envir = baseenv())) { deparse1 <- function(expr, collapse = " ", width.cutoff = 500L, ...) { paste(deparse(expr, width.cutoff, ...), collapse = collapse) } } ## ----lalonde-data------------------------------------------------------------- data("nsw_benchmark") head(nsw_benchmark) # 1. The Experimental Benchmark (Gold Standard) nsw_exp <- subset(nsw_benchmark, sample_id %in% c("nsw_treated", "nsw_control")) # True Experimental Estimate (Unadjusted difference in means is valid due to randomization) true_att <- mean(nsw_exp$re78[nsw_exp$treat == 1]) - mean(nsw_exp$re78[nsw_exp$treat == 0]) cat("True Experimental ATT:", round(true_att, 2), "\n") # 2. The Observational Challenge (NSW Treated + CPS Control) nsw_obs <- subset(nsw_benchmark, sample_id %in% c("nsw_treated", "cps_control")) # Naive Observational Estimate (Unadjusted) naive_est <- mean(nsw_obs$re78[nsw_obs$treat == 1]) - mean(nsw_obs$re78[nsw_obs$treat == 0]) cat("Naive Observational Estimate:", round(naive_est, 2), "\n") cat("Bias:", round(naive_est - true_att, 2), "\n") ## ----lalonde-def-------------------------------------------------------------- covariates <- c("age", "education", "black", "hispanic", "married", "nodegree", "re74", "re75") # Specification spec_lalonde <- causal_spec( data = nsw_obs, treatment = "treat", outcome = "re78", covariates = covariates ) # Estimate deficiency using Propensity Score Weighting (IPTW) res_lalonde <- estimate_deficiency( spec_lalonde, methods = c("unadjusted", "iptw"), n_boot = 50 # Kept low for vignette speed ) print(res_lalonde) plot(res_lalonde) ## ----rhc-data----------------------------------------------------------------- data("rhc") # Convert treatment to binary (0/1) for causaldef # Assuming 'swang1' is the treatment column, usually "RHC" vs "No RHC" # Check levels first (simulated check here, dataset structure assumed from documentation) if (is.factor(rhc$swang1)) { rhc$treat_bin <- as.numeric(rhc$swang1) - 1 # Assuming factor levels order } else { rhc$treat_bin <- rhc$swang1 } # Outcome: 30-day survival (inverse of dth30) or just standard outcome # Let's say outcome is dth30 (binary). if (is.factor(rhc$dth30)) { rhc$outcome_bin <- as.numeric(rhc$dth30) - 1 } else { rhc$outcome_bin <- rhc$dth30 } # Select a subset of covariates for demonstration (to keep it fast) # Real analysis would use all 50+. rhc_covars <- c("age", "sex", "race", "aps1", "cat1") # Note: 'aps1' is APACHE III score spec_rhc <- causal_spec( data = rhc, treatment = "treat_bin", outcome = "outcome_bin", covariates = rhc_covars ) ## ----rhc-def------------------------------------------------------------------ res_rhc <- estimate_deficiency(spec_rhc, methods = "iptw", n_boot = 0) print(res_rhc) ## ----rhc-policy--------------------------------------------------------------- # Utility: Let's say preventing death has utility 1, death has utility 0. # The outcome is death (1) or survival (0). # We want to minimize outcome (death). # This is equivalent to utility range [0, 1]. bounds_rhc <- policy_regret_bound(res_rhc, utility_range = c(0, 1), method = "iptw") print(bounds_rhc) ## ----rhc-frontier, fig.height=5, fig.width=6---------------------------------- frontier <- confounding_frontier(spec_rhc, grid_size = 30) plot(frontier)