Factoring vs linear modeling in rate estimation: A simulation study of relative accuracy

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 432-435

  Maldonado, George ^a   Greenland, Sander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Epidemiologic methods; Follow up studies; Models; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

EID: 0031833217     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199807000-00014     Document Type: Article

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