Table 3 The comparison of causal variable determination for the toy datasets between ICPs and the proposed method

From: Automated causal inference in application to randomized controlled clinical trials

Finite sample settinga

 

JS (FWER)

Two confounders

One confounder

Zero confounders

ICP

0.332 (0.98)

0.382 (0.85)

1.00 (0.00)

NICP

0.333 (0.98)

0.384 (0.85)

1.00 (0.00)

AICP

0.439 (0.05)

0.483 (0.11)

0.998 (0.0004)

Proposed

0.911 (0.13)

0.923 (0.14)

0.994 (0.006)

ABCD settingb

 

JS (FWER)

Two confounders

One confounder

Zero confounders

ICP

0.517 (0.61)

0.559 (0.51)

0.976 (0.00)

NICP

0.512 (0.69)

0.558 (0.57)

0.992 (0.002)

AICP

0.417 (0.12)

0.437 (0.18)

0.991 (0.01)

Proposed

0.922 (0.08)

0.928 (0.12)

0.985 (0.02)

  1. aThe results of the compared methods for the finite sample setting. bThe results of the compared methods for the ABCD setting.