Two-stage case-control studies: Precision of parameter estimates and considerations in selecting sample size

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1225-1234

  Hanley, James A ^a,b,e   Csizmadi, Ilona ^c   Collet, Jean Paul ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Division of Population Health and Information   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Efficiency; Multivariate analysis; Sample size; Two stage sampling; Variance inflation factor

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; VASECTOMY;

EID: 28944441799     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi340     Document Type: Article

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