Selection bias due to conditioning on a collider.

Hernán, Miguel A; Monge, Susana · BMJ · 2023

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Abstract

Effect estimates may be biased when the study design or the data analysis is conditional on a collider—a variable that is caused by two other variables. Causal directed acyclic graphs are a helpful tool to identify colliders that may introduce selection bias in observational research.

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