Why representativeness should be avoided.
By Kenneth J. Rothman, J. Gallacher, E. Hatch. 2013
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Subfields: Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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- Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations (2016, background): “However, it is often assumed that although selection bias will have a strong effect on prevalence estimates, it should not have a strong impact on observed associations between variables.(8) This overlooks the fact that selection can induce collider bias (see Figure 1), which can lead to biased obse”
- The acceptability of repeat Internet-based hybrid diet assessment of previous 24-h dietary intake: administration of the Oxford WebQ in UK Biobank. (2016, background): “However, the sample still shows sufficiently large numbers of participants with different levels of potential risk factors, allowing for generalisable associations between baseline characteristics and subsequent health outcomes to be made((10,24)).”
- Recruitment via the Internet and Social Networking Sites: The 1989-1995 Cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (2014, neutral): “Representativeness may not be important, or even desirable, for etiological studies, if the measurement and control of confounders is feasible [9,12].”