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Sensitivity Analysis for Causality

Sensitivity analysis for causality assesses how robust a causal conclusion is to unobserved confounding. Rather than assuming all confounders are controlled, it asks: how strong would an unmeasured variable need to be to overturn the estimated effect? It is an indispensable robustness check after any quasi-experimental or observational causal analysis.

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Sources

  1. Rosenbaum, P. R. (2002). Observational Studies (2nd ed.). Springer. ISBN: 978-0387989679
  2. Cinelli, C., & Hazlett, C. (2020). Making sense of sensitivity: Extending omitted variable bias. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, 82(1), 39-67. DOI: 10.1111/rssb.12348

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ScholarGateSensitivity Analysis for Causality (Sensitivity Analysis for Hidden Bias in Causal Inference). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/causal-inference/sensitivity-analysis-for-causality