Overestimating outcome rates: statistical estimation when reliability is suboptimal.

Objective: To demonstrate how failure to account for measurement error in an outcome (dependent) variable can lead to significant estimation errors and to illustrate ways to recognize and avoid these errors.Data Sources: Medical literature and simulation models.Study Design/data Collection: Systemat...

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Published in:Health Services Research Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 1718 - 1739
Main Authors: Hayward, Rodney A., Heisler, Michele, Adams, John, Dudley, R. Adams, Hofer, Timothy P.
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2007
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