Standardization and decomposition of rates: Useful analytic techniques for behavior and health studies

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 357-366

  Wang, Jichuan ^a   Rahman, Ahmmed ^a   Siegal, Harvey A ^a   Fisher, James H ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034186584     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03207806     Document Type: Article

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