HighlightsRubin’s causal model is applied to the empirical Bayes before-after method.A method for estimating generalizable CMFs is developed.Multiple regression methods are used with the generalizable empirical Bayes method.Results are compared with a known CMF value and used to make conclusions.
AbstractThis study integrates a causal inference framework to the Empirical Bayes (EB) before-after method to develop generalizable safety effect estimates (i.e., crash modification factor (CMF)). The method considers approaches to estimate the average treatment effect for the treated (ATT), average treatment effect for the untreated (ATU), and average treatment effect (ATE). The current EB method is shown to estimate ATT while ATE is what is typically desired in traffic safety research. Modifications to the current EB method to estimate ATU and ATE are provided.The method is then applied to a dataset with a “no-treatment” scenario where the treatments were: 1) randomly selected and 2) selected based on crash history. Given the “no-treatment” outcome, it is known that the CMFs should have a value of 1 in order to be considered accurate. The standard negative binomial and mixed effects negative binomial regression models were applied in the analysis. It was found that, of the two regression methods, the ATE CMFs developed using the standard negative binomial were the most accurate. Finally, potential sources of bias in the EB method are discussed.
Causal inference framework for generalizable safety effect estimates
Accident Analysis and Prevention ; 104 ; 74-87
2017-05-01
14 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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