compute_cumcount_ci is a function that computes confidence intervals for cumulative count estimates using the influence curve or supplied bootstrap replicates to estimate standard errors.

compute_cumcount_ci(
  obj,
  alpha = 0.05,
  ic = FALSE,
  count_time = NULL,
  boot_method = "log-normal"
)

Arguments

obj

A cumcount object containing the count estimates, e.g., as computed by estimate_ipwcount

alpha

The desired nominal significance level of the confidence intervals.

ic

If the supplied object contains a bootstrap count estimates, setting ic = TRUE will requests that estimated standard errors be derived from the influence curve.

count_time

The time at which the cumulative count estimates should be returned (the default value NULL returns all times)

boot_method

The specific bootstrap approach used to compute confidence intervals. Options are "log-normal" (default; normal approximation on the log scale), "normal" (normal approximation on the count scale), "percentile" (percentile-based approach using quantiles of the bootstrap distribution), and "basic" (basic bootstrap using the reflection method). When obj was created without using bootstrap estimation or ic = TRUE is provided then the value of boot_method is ignored.

Value

A matrix containing the cumulative count and confidence interval for each time point and treatment group.

Author

M. Alan Brookhart & Alexander Breskin