Book contents
- A Clinician’s Guide to Statistics and Epidemiology in Mental Health
- A Clinician’s Guide to Statistics and Epidemiology in Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Basic concepts
- Section 2 Bias
- 4 Types of bias
- 5 Randomization
- 6 Regression
- Section 3 Chance
- Section 4 Causation
- Section 5 The limits of statistics
- Section 6 The politics of statistics
- Appendix: Regression models and multivariable analysis
- References
- Index
4 - Types of bias
from Section 2 - Bias
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2009
- A Clinician’s Guide to Statistics and Epidemiology in Mental Health
- A Clinician’s Guide to Statistics and Epidemiology in Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Basic concepts
- Section 2 Bias
- 4 Types of bias
- 5 Randomization
- 6 Regression
- Section 3 Chance
- Section 4 Causation
- Section 5 The limits of statistics
- Section 6 The politics of statistics
- Appendix: Regression models and multivariable analysis
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A Clinician's Guide to Statistics and Epidemiology in Mental HealthMeasuring Truth and Uncertainty, pp. 13 - 20Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009