Notes on confidence limits for the odds ratio in case-control studies under inverse sampling

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-229

  Lui, Kung Jong ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies: Fieller's theorem; Delta method; Interval estimation; Inverse sampling; Negative binomial distribution; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

CASE CONTROL STUDY: FIELLE THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE LIMIT; DELTA METHOD; FIELLER'S THEOREM; INTERVAL ESTIMATION; INVERSE SAMPLING; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; ODD RATIOS; STUDY DESIGN;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 0042358972     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710380209     Document Type: Article

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