ReviewEpidemiologic reviews2022
The Measurement Error Elephant in the Room: Challenges and Solutions to Measurement Error in Epidemiology.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Key research priorities in methodological approaches for measuring the exposome and studying its role in the development of dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Review
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- Preliminary Examination of the Stability of Sequential Associations Between the Talk of Educators and Autistic Preschoolers Using Generalizability Theory.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2025Article
- Regression calibration for time-to-event outcomes: mitigating bias due to measurement error in real-world endpoints.Epidemiologic methods · 2025Article
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Abstract
Measurement error, although ubiquitous, is uncommonly acknowledged and rarely assessed or corrected in epidemiologic studies. This review offers a straightforward guide to common problems caused by measurement error in research studies and a review of several accessible bias-correction methods for epidemiologists and data analysts. Although most correction methods require criterion validation including a gold standard, there are also ways to evaluate the impact of measurement error and potentially correct for it without such data. Technical difficulty ranges from simple algebra to more complex algorithms that require expertise, fine tuning, and computational power. However, at all skill levels, software packages and methods are available and can be used to understand the threat to inferences that arises from imperfect measurements.
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