Differential loss of participants does not necessarily cause selection bias

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-222

  Carter, Kristie N ^a   Imlach Gunasekara, Fiona ^a   McKenzie, Sarah K ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Non response; Selection bias; Survey data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862538280     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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