Bias-Is it a problem, and what should we do?

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 331-337

  Dohoo, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Confounding; Misclassification bias; Quantitative bias adjustment; Selection bias; Systematic error

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIAS; CONFOUNDING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MISCLASSIFICATION BIAS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE BIAS ADJUSTMENT; SELECTION BIAS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL BIAS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

BIAS; CONFOUNDING; MISCLASSIFICATION BIAS; QUANTITATIVE BIAS ADJUSTMENT; SELECTION BIAS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84893740968     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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