A Note on the Bias due to Omitted Confounders
关于遗漏混杂因素所致偏差的札记
In observational studies some confounders may be unknown and therefore omitted from the analysis while others are adjusted for. Approximations to the functions defining the relationship between the parameters in the full and reduced models are proposed leading to asymptotic bias estimates. Numerical calculations for logistic and Poisson regression models show good agreement between asymptotic and simulation bias. A data set containing the relationship between low birth…