Interval estimates for correlation coefficients corrected for within-person variation: Implications for study design and hypothesis testing

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 377-386

  Rosner, B ^a   Willett, W C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometry; Epidemiologic methods; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LEVEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD ERROR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMAN; NUTRITION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023845549     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114811     Document Type: Article

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