causal_collider {quartets}

Collider Data

Description

This dataset contains 100 observations, generated under the following mechanism: X ~ N(0, 1) (exposure) Y ~ X + N(0,1) (outcome) Z ~ 0.45X + 0.77Y + N(0, 1) (measured factor: collider)

Usage

causal_collider

Format

A dataframe with 100 rows and 3 variables:

• exposure: exposure

• outcome: outcome

• covariate: a known factor (collider)

References

D'Agostino McGowan L, Barrett M (2023). Causal inference is not a statistical problem. Preprint arXiv:2304.02683v1.