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  2. Information bias (epidemiology) - Wikipedia

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    Information bias is also referred to as observational bias and misclassification. A Dictionary of Epidemiology , sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association , defines this as the following:

  3. Berkson error model - Wikipedia

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    This statistics -related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  4. Recall bias - Wikipedia

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    Recall bias is of particular concern in retrospective studies that use a case-control design to investigate the etiology of a disease or psychiatric condition. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] For example, in studies of risk factors for breast cancer , women who have had the disease may search their memories more thoroughly than members of the unaffected ...

  5. Oversampling and undersampling in data analysis - Wikipedia

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    For example, the individual components of a differential white blood cell count must all add up to 100, because each is a percentage of the total. Data that is embedded in narrative text (e.g., interview transcripts) must be manually coded into discrete variables that a statistical or machine-learning package can deal with.

  6. Job-exposure matrix - Wikipedia

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    Essentially, a JEM comprises a list of levels of exposure to a variety of harmful (or potentially harmful) agents for selected occupational titles. In large population-based epidemiological studies, JEMs may be used as a quick and systematic means of converting coded occupational data (job titles) into a matrix of possible exposures, [ 1 ...

  7. Information bias - Wikipedia

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    Information bias (epidemiology), bias arising in a clinical study because of misclassification of the level of exposure to the agent or factor being assessed and/or misclassification of the disease or other outcome itself. Information bias (psychology), a type of cognitive bias, involving e.g. distorted evaluation of information.

  8. Selection bias - Wikipedia

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    Self-selection bias or a volunteer bias in studies offer further threats to the validity of a study as these participants may have intrinsically different characteristics from the target population of the study. [19] Studies have shown that volunteers tend to come from a higher social standing than from a lower socio-economic background. [20]

  9. Bias (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    Detection bias occurs when a phenomenon is more likely to be observed for a particular set of study subjects. For instance, the syndemic involving obesity and diabetes may mean doctors are more likely to look for diabetes in obese patients than in thinner patients, leading to an inflation in diabetes among obese patients because of skewed detection efforts.