A parametric analysis of ordinal quality-of-life data can lead to erroneous results

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 475-480

  Kahler, Elke ^a   Rogausch, Anja ^a   Brunner, Edgar ^a   Himmel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Data interpretation; Methods; Nonparametric statistics; Psychometrics; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 41249088887     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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