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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: J R Stat Soc Ser A Stat Soc. 2021 Jul 5;184(4):1390–1413. doi: 10.1111/rssa.12716

TABLE 3.

Empirical results for estimators of causal effect of each additional unit exposure on outcome for the scenario where P(X=0)=0.25

Method Log-normal
Weibull
EBIAS ESE ASE ECP EBIAS ESE ASE ECP
Additive outcome model
 Unadjusted 0.83 0.24 0.16 0.05 0.77 0.22 0.17 0.05
 Regression adjustment 0.3 0.18 0.13 0.34 0.27 0.18 0.14 0.47
 Generalized propensity score 0.3 0.18 0.16 0.53 0.27 0.18 0.17 0.66
 Propensity score based on two-part model 0.0 0.15 0.15 0.96 0.01 0.16 0.15 0.97
Multiplicative outcome model
 Unadjusted −0.98 0.23 0.17 0.03 −0.99 0.23 0.17 0.03
 Regression adjustment −0.43 0.19 0.14 0.1 −0.45 0.2 0.14 0.1
 Generalized propensity score −0.43 0.19 0.14 0.12 −0.45 0.2 0.15 0.11
 Propensity score based on two-part model 0.0 0.09 0.07 0.95 0 0.1 0.08 0.96
a

EBIAS: Empirical bias

b

ESE: Empirical standard error

c

ASE: Asymptotic standard error

d

ECP: Empirical coverage probability