Introduction to Quantitative Bias

Join us for a two-hour workshop (lecture and practical) with Dr Rachael Hughes as she introduces the Quantitative Bias Analysis (QBA) framework, and shows how to apply it for problems of unobserved confounders in observational studies. QBA is an essential framework to assess the robustness of findings to common assumption violations. Designed for researchers and students new to sensitivity analysis, this session will emphasise intuition and practical applications.

Important:

1. This is an hybrid event at the University of Leeds (Maurice Keyworth Building) and online (a link will be shared with online attendees).

2. Participants should bring their own laptop with R pre-installed (we recommend that you also install the R packages sensemakr and unmconf in preparation for the practical part of the workshop).

3. Bookings will close at 9.00am on Thursday 27th November.

4. When booking, we ask that you use your institutional (.ac.uk) email address and complete all fields of the booking form. Thank you for your understanding.

Please note: The WRDTP is committed to sustainability and to reducing the waste from excess catering at events. A key challenge here is non-attendance at events. From October 1st 2025, the WRDTP will be changing the way we manage the non-attendance of PGR students who have booked place/s at WRDTP Training events. Any PGR student who does not inform the WRDTP (via training@wrdtp.ac.uk) that they will not be able to attend a WRDTP event at least 3 working days before the event takes place will have the cost of their place deducted from their RTSG (if a WRDTP-funded student), or have this charged to their department (if not funded by the WRDTP). This will allow us to better plan for events and to avoid catering waste. Thank you in advance for your cooperation on this matter.