"Precision" and "accuracy": Two terms that are neither

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-330

  Streiner, David L ^a   Norman, Geoffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Precision; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; GOLD STANDARD; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; VALIDITY;

EID: 33645021454     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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