When should one adjust for measurement error in baseline variables in observational studies?

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-39

  Walter, Stephen D ^a   Forbes, Andrew ^b   Chan, Siew ^c   Macaskill, Petra ^c   Irwig, Les ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis of covariance; Bias; Errors in variables; Measurement error; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; BIAS; COVARIATES; ERROR IN VARIABLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENTS; SAMPLE SIZES; TREATMENT EFFECTS; TREATMENT GROUP; ZERO BASELINES;

MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

EID: 79251480374     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201000038     Document Type: Article

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