Confounder Matrix
Open-access Tool for Confounder Bias Analysis in SR

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Quick Start
  1. Edit any value via double clicks
  2. Values in the metric column must be in the format: metric (lower bound, upper bound)
  3. To empty a dropdown cell, select the cell, press space, and enter
  4. Right click on cells (except for the plot cells) to see the menu that allows inserting rows, columns, etc.
Sorting
  1. Sorting uses the "metric" value (instead of the boundaries)
  2. The sorting button toggle between ascending and descending upon clicks (initially ascending)
Plots
  1. Hover over the Plot column to see the specific values in popups
  2. Hover over the headers of the dropdown columns to see the name in popups
Downloading/Uploading
  1. For now, you can only download the text/numbers without the plots
  2. The matrix would be saved as a TSV file. Usage instructions are here
  3. Note the Plot column must be kept empty
Questions/Contributions

Please contact BU SAIL: hicsail@bu.edu

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StudyMetricPlotLocationGDPCountry
paper 1.5 (0.4, 0.6)
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AIU
paper 2.8 (0.5, 1.1)
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ANU
paper 31.1 (0.75, 1.45)
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AIU
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Degree of Confound Control
  • A: Adequate
  • U: Unclear
  • I: Inadequate
  • U: Unknown
  • Invalid Value