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Volume 183, issue 4, 2020

Preface to the papers on ‘Causal inference from non‐experimental studies: challenges, developments and applications’ pp. 1329-1332

Alessandra Mattei, Bianca L. De Stavola and Fabrizia Mealli

Using hidden information and performance level boundaries to study student–teacher assignments: implications for estimating teacher causal effects pp. 1333-1362

J. R. Lockwood and D. McCaffrey

Performance assessment as an application of causal inference pp. 1363-1385

Nicholas T. Longford

Direct and stable weight adjustment in non‐experimental studies with multivalued treatments: analysis of the effect of an earthquake on post‐traumatic stress pp. 1387-1410

María de los Angeles Resa and José R. Zubizarreta

Optimal matching approaches in health policy evaluations under rolling enrolment pp. 1411-1435

Samuel D. Pimentel, Lauren Vollmer Forrow, Jonathan Gellar and Jiaqi Li

A Bayesian multivariate factor analysis model for evaluating an intervention by using observational time series data on multiple outcomes pp. 1437-1459

Pantelis Samartsidis, Shaun R. Seaman, Silvia Montagna, André Charlett, Matthew Hickman and Daniela De Angelis

Brand versus generic: addressing non‐adherence, secular trends and non‐overlap pp. 1461-1478

Lamar Hunt, Irene B. Murimi, Jodi B. Segal, Marissa J. Seamans, Daniel O. Scharfstein and and Ravi Varadhan

Causal inference with multistate models—estimands and estimators of the population attributable fraction pp. 1479-1500

Maja von Cube, Martin Schumacher and Martin Wolkewitz

Stronger instruments and refined covariate balance in an observational study of the effectiveness of prompt admission to intensive care units pp. 1501-1521

Luke Keele, Steve Harris, Samuel D. Pimentel and Richard Grieve

Instrumental variable methods using dynamic interventions pp. 1523-1551

Jacqueline A. Mauro, Edward H. Kennedy and Daniel Nagin

Flexible instrumental variable distributional regression pp. 1553-1574

Guillermo Briseño Sanchez, Maike Hohberg, Andreas Groll and Thomas Kneib

Bayesian econometric modelling of observational data for cost‐effectiveness analysis: establishing the value of negative pressure wound therapy in the healing of open surgical wounds pp. 1575-1593

Pedro Saramago, Karl Claxton, Nicky J. Welton and Marta Soares

Assessing causal effects of extra compulsory learning on college students’ academic performances pp. 1595-1614

Federica Licari and Alessandra Mattei

Is being an only child harmful to psychological health?: evidence from an instrumental variable analysis of China's one‐child policy pp. 1615-1635

Shuxi Zeng, Fan Li and Peng Ding

Identification and sensitivity analysis of contagion effects in randomized placebo‐controlled trials pp. 1637-1657

Kosuke Imai and Zhichao Jiang

Causal inference, social networks and chain graphs pp. 1659-1676

Elizabeth L. Ogburn, Ilya Shpitser and Youjin Lee

Health effects of power plant emissions through ambient air quality pp. 1677-1703

Chanmin Kim, Lucas R. F. Henneman, Christine Choirat and Corwin M. Zigler

Examining the causal mediating role of brain pathology on the relationship between diabetes and cognitive impairment: the Cardiovascular Health Study pp. 1705-1726

Ryan M. Andrews, Ilya Shpitser, Oscar Lopez, William T. Longstreth, Paulo H. M. Chaves, Lewis Kuller and Michelle C. Carlson

Discovering causal structures in Bayesian Gaussian directed acyclic graph models pp. 1727-1745

Federico Castelletti and Guido Consonni

Causal discovery of gene regulation with incomplete data pp. 1747-1775

Ronja Foraita, Juliane Friemel, Kathrin Günther, Thomas Behrens, Jörn Bullerdiek, Rolf Nimzyk, Wolfgang Ahrens and Vanessa Didelez

Causes of effects via a Bayesian model selection procedure pp. 1777-1792

Fabio Corradi and Monica Musio

A non‐parametric projection‐based estimator for the probability of causation, with application to water sanitation in Kenya pp. 1793-1818

Maria Cuellar and Edward H. Kennedy

Christopher John Skinner, 1953–2020 pp. 1819-1821

Ray Chambers, Ian Diamond, Tim Holt, Jouni Kuha, Danny Pfeffermann, Natalie Shlomo, Pedro Nascimento Silva, Paul Smith, David Steel and Fiona Steele

Gerald Joseph Goodhardt, 1930–2020 pp. 1821-1823

Chris Chatfield

Willem van Zwet, 1934–2020 pp. 1823-1825

P. J. Bickel and N. I. Fisher

Modelling Spatial and Spatial–Temporal Data: a Bayesian Approach pp. 1828-1829

Anoop Chaturvedi

An Introduction to Data, Everything You Need to Know About AI: Big Data and Data Science pp. 1828-1828

Morteza Aalabaf‐Sabaghi

Modern Adaptive Randomized Clinical Trials: Statistical and Practical Aspects pp. 1829-1830

Gian Luca Di Tanna

Statistical Data Analysis using SAS pp. 1829-1829

Sebastian Dietz

Volume 183, issue 3, 2020

Multiple‐systems analysis for the quantification of modern slavery: classical and Bayesian approaches pp. 691-736

Bernard W. Silverman

Gender differences in the perception of safety in public transport pp. 737-769

Laila Ait Bihi Ouali, Daniel J. Graham, Alexander Barron and Mark Trompet

Simple rules to guide expert classifications pp. 771-800

Jongbin Jung, Connor Concannon, Ravi Shroff, Sharad Goel and Daniel Goldstein

A similarity‐based approach for macroeconomic forecasting pp. 801-827

Yiannis Dendramis, George Kapetanios and Massimiliano Marcellino

Forecasting of cohort fertility under a hierarchical Bayesian approach pp. 829-856

Joanne Ellison, Erengul Dodd and Jonathan J. Forster

Fulfilling the information need after an earthquake: statistical modelling of citizen science seismic reports for predicting earthquake parameters in near realtime pp. 857-882

Francesco Finazzi

How does temperature vary over time?: evidence on the stationary and fractal nature of temperature fluctuations pp. 883-908

John K. Dagsvik, Mariachiara Fortuna and Sigmund Hov Moen

Change point analysis of historical battle deaths pp. 909-933

Brennen T. Fagan, Marina I. Knight, Niall J. MacKay and A. Jamie Wood

Finding the strength in a weak instrument in a study of cognitive outcomes produced by Catholic high schools pp. 935-958

Siyu Heng, Dylan S. Small and Paul R. Rosenbaum

On quantifying expert opinion about multinomial models that contain covariates pp. 959-981

Fadlalla G. Elfadaly and Paul H. Garthwaite

A novel approach to latent class modelling: identifying the various types of body mass index individuals pp. 983-1004

Sarah Brown, William Greene and Mark Harris

Quantifying the association between discrete event time series with applications to digital forensics pp. 1005-1027

Christopher Galbraith, Padhraic Smyth and Hal S. Stern

A multilevel structural equation model for the interrelationships between multiple latent dimensions of childhood socio‐economic circumstances, partnership transitions and mid‐life health pp. 1029-1050

Yajing Zhu, Fiona Steele and Irini Moustaki

Spatial confounding in hurdle multilevel beta models: the case of the Brazilian Mathematical Olympics for Public Schools pp. 1051-1073

João B. M. Pereira, Widemberg S. Nobre, Igor F. L. Silva and Alexandra M. Schmidt

A placebo design to detect spillovers from an education–entertainment experiment in Uganda pp. 1075-1096

Anna M. Wilke, Donald P. Green and Jasper Cooper

Freight rates in downside and upside markets: pricing of own and spillover risks from other shipping segments pp. 1097-1119

Panayiotis Theodossiou, Dimitris Tsouknidis and Christos Savva

Selecting a scale for spatial confounding adjustment pp. 1121-1143

Joshua P. Keller and Adam A. Szpiro

New statistical metrics for multisite replication projects pp. 1145-1166

Maya B. Mathur and Tyler J. VanderWeele

Longevity forecasting by socio‐economic groups using compositional data analysis pp. 1167-1187

S⊘ren Kjærgaard, Yunus Emre Ergemen, Marie‐Pier Bergeron‐Boucher, Jim Oeppen and Malene Kallestrup‐Lamb

Multilevel network meta‐regression for population‐adjusted treatment comparisons pp. 1189-1210

David M. Phillippo, Sofia Dias, A. E. Ades, Mark Belger, Alan Brnabic, Alexander Schacht, Daniel Saure, Zbigniew Kadziola and Nicky J. Welton

Temporal disaggregation of overlapping noisy quarterly data: estimation of monthly output from UK value‐added tax data pp. 1211-1230

Paul Labonne and Martin Weale

Model‐based clustering and analysis of life history data pp. 1231-1251

Marc A. Scott, Kaushik Mohan and Jacques‐Antoine Gauthier

A causal inference framework for cancer cluster investigations using publicly available data pp. 1253-1272

Rachel C. Nethery, Yue Yang, Anna J. Brown and Francesca Dominici

A functional approach to small area estimation of the relative median poverty gap pp. 1273-1291

Enrico Fabrizi, Maria Ferrante and Carlo Trivisano

Improving external validity of epidemiologic cohort analyses: a kernel weighting approach pp. 1293-1311

Lingxiao Wang, Barry I. Graubard, Hormuzd A. Katki and and Yan Li

Volume 183, issue 2, 2020

Knowing the signs: a direct and generalizable motivation of two‐sided tests pp. 411-430

Kenneth Rice, Tyler Bonnett and Chloe Krakauer

A new standard for the analysis and design of replication studies pp. 431-448

Leonhard Held

Identifying the effect of public holidays on daily demand for gas pp. 471-492

Sarah E. Heaps, Malcolm Farrow and Kevin J. Wilson

Modelling the socio‐economic determinants of fertility: a mediation analysis using the parametric g‐formula pp. 493-513

Maarten J. Bijlsma and Ben Wilson

A quantitative framework to inform extrapolation decisions in children pp. 515-534

Ian Wadsworth, Lisa V. Hampson, Thomas Jaki, Graeme J. Sills, Anthony G. Marson and Richard Appleton

A Bayesian spatial categorical model for prediction to overlapping geographical areas in sample surveys pp. 535-563

K. Shuvo Bakar, Nicholas Biddle, Philip Kokic and Huidong Jin

The hot hand in professional darts pp. 565-580

Marius Ötting, Roland Langrock, Christian Deutscher and Vianey Leos‐Barajas

Information asymmetry and leverage adjustments: a semiparametric varying‐coefficient approach pp. 581-605

Man Jin, Shunan Zhao and Subal Kumbhakar

A Bayesian parametric approach to handle missing longitudinal outcome data in trial‐based health economic evaluations pp. 607-629

Andrea Gabrio, Michael J. Daniels and Gianluca Baio

Inferring the outcomes of rejected loans: an application of semisupervised clustering pp. 631-654

Zhiyong Li, Xinyi Hu, Ke Li, Fanyin Zhou and Feng Shen

Crime against women in India: unveiling spatial patterns and temporal trends of dowry deaths in the districts of Uttar Pradesh pp. 655-679

G. Vicente, T. Goicoa, P. Fernandez‐Rasines and M. D. Ugarte

Can genetics reveal the causes and consequences of educational attainment? pp. 681-688

Marcus Munafò, Neil M. Davies and George Davey Smith

Volume 183, issue 1, 2020

The effect of general health checks on healthcare utilization: accounting for self‐selection bias pp. 3-36

Sungwook Yoon, Duk Bin Jun and Sungho Park

Improved secondary analysis of linked data: a framework and an illustration pp. 37-59

Ray Chambers and Andrea Diniz da Silva

A data‐driven supply‐side approach for estimating cross‐border Internet purchases within the European Union pp. 61-90

Q. A. Meertens, C. G. H. Diks, H. J. van den Herik and F. W. Takes

UK regional nowcasting using a mixed frequency vector auto‐regressive model with entropic tilting pp. 91-119

Gary Koop, Stuart McIntyre and James Mitchell

Data‐driven transformations in small area estimation pp. 121-148

Natalia Rojas‐Perilla, Sören Pannier, Timo Schmid and Nikos Tzavidis

Tracking the evolution of literary style via Dirichlet–multinomial change point regression pp. 149-167

Gordon J. Ross

Spatial hedonic modelling adjusted for preferential sampling pp. 169-192

Lucia Paci, Alan E. Gelfand, and María Asunción Beamonte, Pilar Gargallo and Manuel Salvador

Adjusting trial results for biases in meta‐analysis: combining data‐based evidence on bias with detailed trial assessment pp. 193-209

K. M. Rhodes, J. Savović, R. Elbers, H. E. Jones, J. P. T. Higgins, J. A. C. Sterne, N. J. Welton and R. M. Turner

Productivity, infrastructure and urban density—an allometric comparison of three European city regions across scales pp. 211-228

Hadi Arbabi, Martin Mayfield and Philip McCann

Parametric modelling of M‐quantile regression coefficient functions with application to small area estimation pp. 229-250

Paolo Frumento and Nicola Salvati

‘What drives commuter behaviour?': a Bayesian clustering approach for understanding opposing behaviours in social surveys pp. 251-280

Laura C. Dawkins, Daniel B. Williamson, Stewart W. Barr and Sally R. Lampkin

Estimation of proportions in small areas: application to the labour force using the Swiss Census Structural Survey pp. 281-310

Isabel Molina and Ewa Strzalkowska‐Kominiak

Regression‐with‐residuals estimation of marginal effects: a method of adjusting for treatment‐induced confounders that may also be effect modifiers pp. 311-332

Geoffrey T. Wodtke, Zahide Alaca and Xiang Zhou

Inclusion of time‐varying covariates in cure survival models with an application in fertility studies pp. 333-354

Philippe Lambert and Vincent Bremhorst

Optimally balanced Gaussian process propensity scores for estimating treatment effects pp. 355-377

Brian G. Vegetabile, Daniel L. Gillen and Hal S. Stern

Outcome‐dependent sampling in cluster‐correlated data settings with application to hospital profiling pp. 379-402

Glen McGee, Jonathan Schildcrout, Sharon‐Lise Normand and Sebastien Haneuse

Regression Analysis in Medical Research for Starters and 2nd Levelers pp. 404-404

Kuldeep Kumar

Foundations of Info‐metrics: Modeling, Inference, and Imperfect Information pp. 404-405

Rosa Bernardini Papalia

Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism pp. 405-405

Thomas King

Classification, (Big) Data Analysis and Statistical Learning pp. 405-406

Kuldeep Kumar

Philogenetic Inference, Selection Theory, and History of Science pp. 406-407

R Allan Reese

A Multivariate Claim Count Model for Applications in Insurance pp. 406-406

Morteza Aalabaf‐Sabaghi

The Beauty of Mathematics in Computer Science pp. 407-407

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