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...
| Published in: | Health Services Research Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 1718 - 1739 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | research Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2007
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |