### EXAMPLE 1: demonstrates how measurement error can lead to a type sign error in a covariate ### What kind of data invalidates fong + tyler? ### Even when you have a good predictor, if it's biased against a covariate you can get the wrong sign. ### Even when you include the proxy variable in the regression. ### But with some ground truth and multiple imputation, you can fix it. library(argparser) library(mecor) library(ggplot2) library(data.table) library(filelock) library(arrow) library(Amelia) library(Zelig) library(predictionError) options(amelia.parallel="no", amelia.ncpus=1) setDTthreads(40) source("simulation_base.R") ## SETUP: ### we want to estimate x -> y; x is MAR ### we have x -> k; k -> w; x -> w is used to predict x via the model w. ### A realistic scenario is that we have an NLP model predicting something like "racial harassment" in social media comments ### The labels x are binary, but the model provides a continuous predictor ### simulation: #### how much power do we get from the model in the first place? (sweeping N and m) #### ## one way to do it is by adding correlation to x.obs and y that isn't in w. ## in other words, the model is missing an important feature of x.obs that's related to y. simulate_data <- function(N, m, B0, Bxy, Bgy, Bkx, Bgx, seed, xy.explained.variance=0.01, u.explained.variance=0.1){ set.seed(seed) ## the true value of x g <- rbinom(N, 1, 0.5) # make w and y dependent u <- rnorm(N,0,) xprime <- Bgx * g + rnorm(N,0,1) k <- Bkx*xprime + rnorm(N,0,1.5) + 1.1*Bkx*u x <- as.integer(logistic(scale(xprime)) > 0.5) y <- Bxy * x + Bgy * g + B0 + u + rnorm(N, 0, 1) df <- data.table(x=x,k=k,y=y,g=g) w.model <- glm(x ~ k,df, family=binomial(link='logit')) if( m < N){ df <- df[sample(nrow(df), m), x.obs := x] } else { df <- df[, x.obs := x] } df[, x.obs := x.obs] w <- predict(w.model, df) + rnorm(N, 0, 1) ## y = B0 + B1x + e df[,':='(w=w, w_pred = as.integer(w>0.5),u=u)] return(df) } schennach <- function(df){ fwx <- glm(x.obs~w, df, family=binomial(link='logit')) df[,xstar_pred := predict(fwx, df)] gxt <- lm(y ~ xstar_pred+g, df) } parser <- arg_parser("Simulate data and fit corrected models") parser <- add_argument(parser, "--N", default=5000, help="number of observations of w") parser <- add_argument(parser, "--m", default=200, help="m the number of ground truth observations") parser <- add_argument(parser, "--seed", default=432, help='seed for the rng') parser <- add_argument(parser, "--outfile", help='output file', default='example_2.feather') args <- parse_args(parser) B0 <- 0 Bxy <- 0.2 Bgy <- 0 Bkx <- 2 Bgx <- 0 outline <- run_simulation(simulate_data(args$N, args$m, B0, Bxy, Bgy, Bkx, Bgx, args$seed) ,list('N'=args$N,'m'=args$m,'B0'=B0,'Bxy'=Bxy,'Bgy'=Bgy, 'Bkx'=Bkx, 'Bgx'=Bgx, 'seed'=args$seed)) outfile_lock <- lock(paste0(args$outfile, '_lock'),exclusive=TRUE) if(file.exists(args$outfile)){ logdata <- read_feather(args$outfile) logdata <- rbind(logdata,as.data.table(outline)) } else { logdata <- as.data.table(outline) } print(outline) write_feather(logdata, args$outfile) unlock(outfile_lock)