02.Causation09.Target trial emulation - sporedata/researchdesigneR GitHub Wiki

1. Use cases: in which situations should I use this method?

• Comparative effectiveness studies, where one treatment is compared against another
• Disparity analyses assessing race, ethnicity, gender, economic, or any other type of inequity
• Risk assessment where a risk factor might be associated with a given set of outcomes

2. Input: what kind of data does the method require?

1. Pre-requisits for causal-analysis

3. Algorithm: how does the method work?

Model mechanics

Describing in words

Assumptions

Describing in images

Describing with code

Breaking down equations

Data science packages

Suggested companion methods

Learning materials

1. Books
2. Articles

4. Output: how do I interpret this method's results?

Typical tables and plots and corresponding text description

Metaphors

Reporting guidelines

5. SporeData-specific

Templates

Data science functions

References