A comparison of methods for the construction of confidence interval for relative risk in stratified matched-pair designs

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-62

  Tang, Nian Sheng ^a   Li, Hui Qiong ^a   Tang, Man Lai ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bootstrap resampling method; Confidence interval; Relative risk; Stratified matched pair designs

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOT IMMUNOBINDING ASSAY; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PROBABILITY; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74849087722     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3744     Document Type: Article

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