Statistical considerations in a systematic review of proxy measures of clinical behaviour
Open Access
- 26 February 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Implementation Science
- Vol. 5 (1) , 20
Abstract
Studies included in a related systematic review used a variety of statistical methods to summarise clinical behaviour and to compare proxy (or indirect) and direct (observed) methods of measuring it. The objective of the present review was to assess the validity of these statistical methods and make appropriate recommendations.Keywords
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