Point estimation on relative risk under inverse sampling

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 669-680

  Lui, Kung Jong ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence rate ratio; Inverse sampling; Mean squared error; Negative binomial; Point estimation; Prevalence rate ratio; Relative risk; Uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RISK PERCEPTION;

INCIDENCE RATE; INCIDENCE RATE RATIO; INVERSE SAMPLING; MEAN SQUARED ERROR; MINIMUM VARIANCE UNBIASED ESTIMATOR; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; POINT ESTIMATION; PREVALENCE RATE RATIO; PREVALENCE RATES; RATE RATIOS; RELATIVE RISKS; UNIFORMLY MINIMUM VARIANCE UNBIASED ESTIMATOR;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 0030486945     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710380605     Document Type: Article

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