Measurement Error and Misclassification in Statistics and Epidemiology: Impacts and Bayesian Adjustments: 13 (Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics) - Hardcover

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Gustafson, Paul

 
9781584883357: Measurement Error and Misclassification in Statistics and Epidemiology: Impacts and Bayesian Adjustments: 13 (Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1584883359 ISBN 13: 9781584883357
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2003

Synopsis

Mismeasurement of explanatory variables is a common hazard when using statistical modeling techniques, and particularly so in fields such as biostatistics and epidemiology where perceived risk factors cannot always be measured accurately. With this perspective and a focus on both continuous and categorical variables, Measurement Error and Misclassification in Statistics and Epidemiology: Impacts and Bayesian Adjustments examines the consequences and Bayesian remedies in those cases where the explanatory variable cannot be measured with precision. The author explores both measurement error in continuous variables and misclassification in discrete variables, and shows how Bayesian methods might be used to allow for mismeasurement. A broad range of topics, from basic research to more complex concepts such as "wrong-model" fitting, make this a useful research work for practitioners, students and researchers in biostatistics and epidemiology."

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Paul Gustafson (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) (Author)

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Publisher
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1584883359
ISBN 13 
9781584883357
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200