2022
Missing Data
Tong G, Li F, Allen A. Missing Data. 2022, 1681-1701. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52636-2_117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLikelihood-based analysisMissingness modelMissingness processData mechanismAverage treatment effectStatistical methodsComplete case analysisConsistent estimatesRobust approachInverse probability weightingBiased estimatesMissingnessOutcome distributionModeling approachProbability weightingData processSensitivity analysisOutcome modelModelEstimatesBrief discussionPractical considerationsInferenceApproachImputationEstimands in cluster-randomized trials: choosing analyses that answer the right question
Kahan BC, Li F, Copas AJ, Harhay MO. Estimands in cluster-randomized trials: choosing analyses that answer the right question. International Journal Of Epidemiology 2022, 52: 107-118. PMID: 35834775, PMCID: PMC9908044, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyac131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInformative cluster sizeCluster sizeCommon estimatorsCorrelation structureAlternative estimatorsEstimatorUnbiased estimatesBiased estimatesEstimandsDifferent estimandsTarget estimandAnalytic approachCareful specificationLarge clustersEquationsDifferent analytic approachesEstimatesMixed-effects modelsTwo weights make a wrong: Cluster randomized trials with variable cluster sizes and heterogeneous treatment effects
Wang X, Turner EL, Li F, Wang R, Moyer J, Cook AJ, Murray DM, Heagerty PJ. Two weights make a wrong: Cluster randomized trials with variable cluster sizes and heterogeneous treatment effects. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2022, 114: 106702. PMID: 35123029, PMCID: PMC8936048, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInverse cluster sizeVariable cluster sizesCluster sizeCorrelation matrixTreatment effect estimatesCluster correlationEquation frameworkEstimation characteristicsTheoretical derivationSimulation studyAverage treatment effectHeterogeneous treatment effectsDistinct weightsEstimandsCluster levelHierarchical nestingMatrixHypothetical populationEstimatesValid resultsDerivationClustersConceptual populationEstimationEffect estimates
2019
Missing Data
Tong G, Li F, Allen A. Missing Data. 2019, 1-21. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52677-5_117-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLikelihood-based analysisMissingness modelMissingness processData mechanismAverage treatment effectStatistical methodsComplete case analysisConsistent estimatesRobust approachInverse probability weightingBiased estimatesMissingnessOutcome distributionModeling approachProbability weightingData processSensitivity analysisOutcome modelModelEstimatesBrief discussionPractical considerationsInferenceApproachImputation