Bayesian sensitivity analysis methods to evaluate bias due to misclassification and missing data using informative priors and external validation data

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-126

  Luta, George ^a   Ford, Melissa B ^b   Bondy, Melissa ^c,d   Shields, Peter G ^e   Stamey, James D ^f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MBFord Consulting   (United States)

^c Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Bias; Misclassification; Missing data; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84875811818     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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