Causal mediation analysis comprises a set of statistical techniques designed to disentangle the pathways through which an exposure or treatment exerts its effect on an outcome. By partitioning the ...

THE appearance of a further edition of "Statistical Methods for Research Workers" might easily pass almost unnoticed, for nine editions have appeared at regular intervals in the last nineteen years.

Statistical methods, as a technique, encompass a set of quantitative procedures for collecting, summarizing, modeling, and inferring properties of data under uncertainty. They include techniques for ...

Empirical research requires good data to complement statistical rigor in providing answers to global poverty questions. Poor data quality can lead to biases in causal inference, lower the probability ...

Initiated in 2009, the annual Methods Symposium is a signature program of the UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education. The overarching goal of the Methods Symposium is to ...

A reproducibility crisis is ongoing in scientific research, where many studies may be difficult or impossible to replicate and thereby validate, especially when the study involves a very large sample ...

Abstract: Assumptions play a pivotal role in the selection and efficacy of statistical models, as unmet assumptions can lead to flawed conclusions and impact decision ...