Design, analysis, and interpretation of method-comparison studies

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-234

  Hanneman, Sandra K ^a,b  

^a Department of Nursing Research ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Clinical measurement; Method comparison; Precision; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 48549092221     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AACN.0000318125.41512.a3     Document Type: Article

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