Surprising effects of measurement error on an aggregate data estimator

Biometrika

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 231-234

  Carroll, R J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate data; Attenuation; Covariate measurement error; Ecological study; Measurement error model; Random effects; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000573108     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/84.1.231     Document Type: Article

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