Replicate "Causal Inference"

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Issue to track progress on implementation of Hernan and Robins "Causal Inference" chapters

• Chapter 12: Inverse probability weights

• Chapter 13: Parametric g-formula

• Chapter 14: G-estimation of structural nested models

• Chapter 16: G-estimation for IV analysis

• Chapter 17: Causal survival analysis

• Part III: Time-varying treatments

G-estimation is not currently implemented. I will need to implement these before chapter 14 can be done.

Currently there are no plans to replicate Chapter 15 (propensity scores and regression) or Chapter 16 (instrumental variables) since the first method does not require zEpid and I am unfamiliar with the second. Maybe instrumental variables will be added in the future?

For Chapter 16, I am considering demonstrating the usage of g-estimation instead of two-stage least-squares. Specifically, using the same data as done in Chapter 16 but following Technical Point 16.3