IBC 2016

July 10 – 15, 2016

Invited Session at the 28th International Biometric Conference, Victoria, Canada

https://biometricconference.org/

Title: “Methodological challenges in observational studies – current perspectives and future directions in functional form, measurement error and causal inference”

Organizer: James Carpenter

 

Tuesday 12 July 2016
09:00 – 10:30
Methodological Challenges in Observational Studies – Current Perspectives and Future Directions in Function Form, Measurement Error and Causal Inference
Chair: James Carpenter
 

• Michal Abrahamowicz (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) – TG2
  “Unresolved issues in modeling of functional forms for continuous variables in multivariable analyses” – PDF
• Laurence Freedman (The Gertner Institute, Israel) – TG4
  “Barriers and challenges to the use of statistical methods for addressing errors in the measurement and classification of outcome and explanatory variables in observational studies” – PDF
• Els Goetghebeur (Ghent University, Blegium) – TG7
  “Appearance versus reality: on reconciling the many faces of causal effects estimated in the medical literature” – PDF
• Willi Sauerbrei (University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany)
  “Discussion” – PDF