Study retention as bias reduction in a hard-to-reach population

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 5477-5485

  Western, Bruce ^a   Braga, Anthony ^b   Hureau, David ^a,d   Sirois, Catherine ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hard to reach populations; Poverty; Sampling bias; Study retention; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW BIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNEMPLOYMENT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS; TELEPHONE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PRISONERS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84969883862     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1604138113     Document Type: Article

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