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Table 1 Simulation settings for confounders (Fig. 3)

From: Bayesian identification of structural coefficients in causal models and the causal false-positive risk of confounders and colliders in linear Markovian models

Setting

α

β

γ

Balanced

Weak Confounder

0.25

0.125

0.125

Balanced Confounder

0.25

0.25

0.25

Strong Confounder

0.25

0.5

0.5

Very strong Confounder

0.25

1.0

1.0

Weak Confounder

0.5

0.125

0.125

Balanced Confounder

0.5

0.25

0.25

Strong Confounder

0.5

0.5

0.5

Very strong Confounder

0.5

1.0

1.0

Unbalanced

Unbalanced Confounder

0.25

0.25

0.75

Unbalanced Confounder

0.25

0.75

0.25

Unbalanced Confounder

0.25

0.1

0.9

Unbalanced Confounder

0.25

0.9

0.1

Unbalanced Confounder

0.5

0.25

0.75

Unbalanced Confounder

0.5

0.75

0.25

Unbalanced Confounder

0.5

0.1

0.9

Unbalanced Confounder

0.5

0.9

0.1