Estimating regression to the mean and true effects of an intervention in a four-wave panel study.

OBJECTIVES: First, to analyse whether a taxation-related decrease in spirit prices had a similar effect on spirit consumption for low-, medium- and high-level drinkers. Secondly, as the relationship between baseline values and post-intervention changes is confounded with regression to the mean (RTM)...

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Published in:Addiction Vol. 103; no. 1; pp. 32 - 42
Main Authors: Gmel G, Wicki M, Rehm J, Heeb J
Format: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jan2008
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