Use of design effects and sample weights in complex health survey data: A review of published articles using data from 3 commonly used adolescent health surveys

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1399-1405

  Bell, Bethany A ^a   Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^b   Ferron, John M ^c   Jiao, Qun G ^d   Hibbard, Susan T ^c   Kromrey, Jeffrey D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84862860618     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300398     Document Type: Review

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