Clinimetrics corner: The many faces of selection bias

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 69-73

  Hegedus, Eric J ^a   Moody, Jennifer ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; External validity; Selection bias; Spectrum effect

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINIMETRICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EFFECT SIZE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; REVIEW; SAMPLING;

EID: 77953949970     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: 20426186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/106698110X12640740712699     Document Type: Review

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