Applying Quantitative Bias Analysis to Epidemiologic Data

By downloading the spreadsheets (available at links provided in the text), readers can follow the examples in the text and then modify the spreadsheet to complete their own bias analyses. Readers without experience using quantitative bias analysis will be able to design, implement, and understand bi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lash, Timothy L., Fox, Matthew P. (Author), Fink, Aliza K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2009, 2009
Edition:1st ed. 2009
Series:Statistics for Biology and Health
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, Objectives, and an Alternative
  • A Guide to Implementing Quantitative Bias Analysis
  • Data Sources for Bias Analysis
  • Selection Bias
  • Unmeasured and Unknown Confounders
  • Misclassification
  • Multidimensional Bias Analysis
  • Probabilistic Bias Analysis
  • Multiple Bias Modeling
  • Presentation and Inference