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Sensitivity Analyses for Means or Proportions with Missing Outcome Data. 2023

Stephen R Cole, and Paul N Zivich, and Jessie K Edwards, and Bonnie E Shook-Sa, and Michael G Hudgens
From the Department of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC.

We describe an approach to sensitivity analysis introduced by Robins et al (1999), for the setting where the outcome is missing for some observations. This flexible approach focuses on the relationship between the outcomes and missingness, where data can be missing completely at random, missing at random given observed data, or missing not at random. We provide examples from HIV that include the sensitivity of the estimation of a mean and proportion under different missingness mechanisms. The approach illustrated provides a method for examining how the results of epidemiologic studies might shift as a function of bias due to missing data.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015233 Models, Statistical Statistical formulations or analyses which, when applied to data and found to fit the data, are then used to verify the assumptions and parameters used in the analysis. Examples of statistical models are the linear model, binomial model, polynomial model, two-parameter model, etc. Probabilistic Models,Statistical Models,Two-Parameter Models,Model, Statistical,Models, Binomial,Models, Polynomial,Statistical Model,Binomial Model,Binomial Models,Model, Binomial,Model, Polynomial,Model, Probabilistic,Model, Two-Parameter,Models, Probabilistic,Models, Two-Parameter,Polynomial Model,Polynomial Models,Probabilistic Model,Two Parameter Models,Two-Parameter Model
D015982 Bias Any deviation of results or inferences from the truth, or processes leading to such deviation. Bias can result from several sources: one-sided or systematic variations in measurement from the true value (systematic error); flaws in study design; deviation of inferences, interpretations, or analyses based on flawed data or data collection; etc. There is no sense of prejudice or subjectivity implied in the assessment of bias under these conditions. Aggregation Bias,Bias, Aggregation,Bias, Ecological,Bias, Statistical,Bias, Systematic,Ecological Bias,Outcome Measurement Errors,Statistical Bias,Systematic Bias,Bias, Epidemiologic,Biases,Biases, Ecological,Biases, Statistical,Ecological Biases,Ecological Fallacies,Ecological Fallacy,Epidemiologic Biases,Experimental Bias,Fallacies, Ecological,Fallacy, Ecological,Scientific Bias,Statistical Biases,Truncation Bias,Truncation Biases,Bias, Experimental,Bias, Scientific,Bias, Truncation,Biase, Epidemiologic,Biases, Epidemiologic,Biases, Truncation,Epidemiologic Biase,Error, Outcome Measurement,Errors, Outcome Measurement,Outcome Measurement Error
D016021 Epidemiologic Studies Studies designed to examine associations, commonly, hypothesized causal relations. They are usually concerned with identifying or measuring the effects of risk factors or exposures. The common types of analytic study are CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; and CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES. Epidemiological Studies,Studies, Epidemiologic,Epidemiologic Study,Epidemiological Study,Studies, Epidemiological,Study, Epidemiologic,Study, Epidemiological

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