The effect of omitted covariates on confidence interval and study power in binary outcome analysis: A simulation study

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-248

  Negassa, Abdissa ^a   Hanley, James A ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Confidence interval; Logistic regression; Omitted covariate; Study power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVARIANCE; POWER ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIPTERA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33847278858     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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