A practical approach to Bland-Altman plots and variation coefficients for log transformed variables

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 978-982

  Euser, Anne M ^a   Dekker, Friedo W ^a   le Cessie, Saskia ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agreement; Bland Altman plots; Coefficients of variation; Evaluation methodology; Reliability; Reproducibility of results; Skinfold thickness; Study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLAND ALTMAN PLOT; CALCULATION; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; ERROR; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50249138758     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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