Correcting for regression dilution bias: Comparison of methods for a single predictor variable

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-189

  Frost, Chris ^b   Thompson, Simon G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correction methods; Epidemiology; Method comparison; Regression dilution bias; Variance formulae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034361250     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00164     Document Type: Article

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