Statistical approaches for assessing the relative validity of a food-frequency questionnaire: Use of correlation coefficients and the kappa statistic

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-321

  Masson, L F ^a   McNeill, G ^a   Tomany, J O ^a   Simpson, J A ^b   Peace, H S ^a   Wei, L ^a   Grubb, D A ^c   Bolton Smith, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d Elsie Widdowson Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlation coefficients; Dietary assessment; Epidemiological methods; Food frequency questionnaire; Kappa statistic; Relative validity; Weighed diet records

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0037534923     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002429     Document Type: Article

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