Titre : | A novel approach to quantify random error explicitly in epidemiological studies. (2011) |
Auteurs : | Imre JANSZKY ; Johan HAKON BJORNGAARD ; Pal ROMUNDSTAD ; Lars VATTEN ; Department of Public Health. Faculty of Medicine. Norwegian University of Science and Technology. NOR |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 26, n° 12, 2011) |
Pagination : | 899-902 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Innovation technologique ; Epidémiologie ; Statistique ; Intervalle confiance ; Homme |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS Eo9tmR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The most frequently used methods for handling random error are largely misunderstood or misused by researchers. We propose a simple approach to quantify the amount of random error which does not require solid background in statistics for its proper interpretation. This method may help researchers refrain from oversimplistic interpretations relying on statistical significance. |