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  • Bayesian statistics
  • Machine learning

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  • Principal stratification analysis is crucial for understanding treatment effects on intermediate variables.
  • Continuous intermediate variables pose challenges due to infinitely many principal strata.
  • Existing methods struggle with the complexity of continuous principal strata and treatment effect heterogeneity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a flexible Bayesian nonparametric approach for principal stratification analysis with continuous intermediate variables.
  • To leverage Bayesian Causal Forests (BCF) for modeling principal stratum membership and outcome.
  • To assess treatment effect heterogeneity across continuously scaled principal strata.

Main Methods:

  • Employs a Bayesian nonparametric approach utilizing Bayesian Causal Forests (BCF).
  • BCF simultaneously models principal stratum membership and outcome conditional on strata.
  • Utilizes Bayesian Additive Regression Tree (BART) models within BCF.

Main Results:

  • The proposed BCF approach effectively captures treatment effect heterogeneity across continuous principal strata.
  • Demonstrates benefits in targeted selection and regularization-induced confounding.
  • Successfully applied to analyze emissions control technologies' impact on air pollution.

Conclusions:

  • The Bayesian nonparametric approach with BCF offers a powerful tool for principal stratification analysis with continuous intermediate variables.
  • This methodology enhances the understanding of treatment effect variation and heterogeneity.
  • Provides a robust framework for investigating complex causal relationships in environmental science and other fields.