APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
The Biasing Effects of Selection and Attrition on Estimating the Mean
- Seunghoo Lee
University of Oklahoma, Health Science Center- Stephenson Cancer Center - Jorge Mendoza
University of Oklahoma
Abstract
The effect of selection or attrition induces measurement bias on the estimation of the restricted population mean of either the predictor or criterion. The issue is that a sample mean observed under selection or attrition neither estimates the population mean nor the restricted population mean.
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