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Modeling heaping in self-reported cigarette counts.

Hao Wang1, Daniel F Heitjan

  • 1Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. haow@mail.med.upenn.edu

Statistics in Medicine
|April 15, 2008
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This study introduces a model to address heaping in smoking data, finding bupropion effective for smoking cessation by increasing abstinence rates but not reducing consumption in non-abstinent smokers.

Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Behavioral Science
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Smoking cessation studies often face data errors like heaping, where participants report rounded cigarette counts.
  • This heaping can significantly bias estimates of average cigarette consumption.
  • Accurate data modeling is crucial for understanding smoking behavior and treatment efficacy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a statistical model for analyzing heaped count data in smoking cessation trials.
  • To assess the impact of heaping and zero-inflation on estimating smoking cessation outcomes.
  • To determine the effect of bupropion on smoking behavior, considering data reporting nuances.

Main Methods:

  • A novel statistical model was developed to account for both underlying precise cigarette counts and heaping behavior.

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  • Zero-inflated count distributions were employed to handle excess zeros, common in cessation studies.
  • Bayes factors were used to compare models with and without heaping and zero-inflation adjustments.

    • Main Results:

    • Models incorporating both underlying distributions and heaping behavior provided a superior fit for heaped smoking data.
    • Bupropion demonstrated a statistically significant positive effect on the fraction of participants abstinent from smoking.
    • No significant effect of bupropion was found on mean cigarette consumption among participants who were not abstinent.

    Conclusions:

    • Sophisticated statistical models are essential for accurately analyzing complex smoking behavior data, particularly when heaping is present.
    • Bupropion is an effective aid for achieving smoking abstinence.
    • Further research should consider advanced modeling techniques to improve the reliability of smoking cessation study findings.