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Biology — Causal DAG: Collider Bias

Conditioning on a common effect opens a spurious path.

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Collider biasEExposureOOutcomeKCollider (do not condition on this)ExposureOutcomeConfounderMediatorUnobservedThe exposure is unconfounded: every backdoor path is already blocked, so the crude association estimates the total effect. 3 variables, 3 edge…No adjustment is needed: the exposure is unconfounded in this diagram, so the crude association between `Exposure` and `Outcome` already estimates the total effec…

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title "Collider bias"
exposure E "Exposure"
outcome O "Outcome"
node K "Collider (do not condition on this)"
E -> K
O -> K
E -> O