zepid.datasets.load_longitudinal_data

zepid.datasets.load_longitudinal_data()

Loads simulated longitudinal data. This longitudinal data is used to demonstrate the sequential regression time-varying g-formula, and the longitudinal targeted maximum likelihood estimator. The format of the returned file is a long data set

Notes

Variables included are

• A: treatment of interest
• Y: outcome of interest
• t: time-point
• W: baseline variable
• L: time-varying variable
• id: unique identifier for each subject

Returns:Returns pandas DataFrame Return type:DataFrame