Efficient analysis of case-control studies with sample weights

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 347-360

  Landsman, V ^a   Graubard, B I ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Informative sampling; Modeling sample weights; Sample distribution; Weighted estimating equations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CANCER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE WEIGHT; SAMPLING; SAMPLING ERROR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 84871301898     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5530     Document Type: Article

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