Flexible frames and control sampling in case-control studies: Weighters (survey statisticians) versus anti-weighters (epidemiologists)

American Statistician

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-313

  Potthoff, Richard F ^a   Halabi, Susan ^a   Schildkraut, Joellen M ^b   Newman, Beth ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; List assisted sampling; Population based case control studies; Random digit dialing; Respondent selection within households

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049135977     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313008X364525     Document Type: Article

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