Comparing the estimates of effect obtained from statistical causal inference methods: An example using bovine respiratory disease in feedlot cattle

• Ju Ji ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ju Ji, Chong Wang, Zhulin He, Annette M. O’Connor

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ji_ju@lilly.com

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7281-1636

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• Chong Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ju Ji, Chong Wang, Zhulin He, Annette M. O’Connor

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Zhulin He ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ju Ji, Chong Wang, Zhulin He, Annette M. O’Connor

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Karen E. Hay ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Australia, The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

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• Tamsin S. Barnes ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, Queensland, Australia, The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

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• Annette M. O’Connor

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ju Ji, Chong Wang, Zhulin He, Annette M. O’Connor

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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