Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(1)
Exact(3)
Our modeling of year of birth as a continuous variable, we believe, attenuates some of these concerns since we are not making inferences to birth cohorts born during specific periods, which will be more sensitive to misclassification of reported age.
The large size also allows the analysis to be restricted to never smokers, thus reducing any misclassification of reported exposure to passive smoking which could occur among smokers.
Bias caused by misclassification of reported exposures invariably dampens estimated effect sizes and may partly explain the failure to identify significant associations between some potential risk factors and illness.
Similar(57)
We have previously demonstrated misclassification of reporting on PPH cause using ICD reporting, in particular over-estimation of the contribution of uterine atony to PPH [ 23].
"A close review of the NYPD's statistics and analysis demonstrate that the misclassification of reports may have an appreciable effect on certain reported crime rates," the report said.
Poorer correlation in patients < 5 years of age may have been caused by increased misclassification of the reported antibiotic use measure, because children taking antibiotics often miss doses (or do not receive full doses), and non-antimicrobial drugs may get reported as antibiotics.
As discussed previously, missing birthweight data or misclassification of self reported birth weight was unlikely to have caused the associations we observed.
To minimize misclassification of verbally reported vaccination status, we asked parents to name the vaccination place and the part of the body where the vaccine was delivered (e.g., shoulder, leg, other) to determine whether the caregiver correctly remembered a vaccine consistent with measles vaccine delivery.
To reduce the risk of misclassification of ethics reporting practices and trials' characteristics, we used a consensus between two reviewers who independently extracted information about ethical and methodological factors from the published reports.
"A close review of the N.Y.P.D.'s statistics and analysis demonstrate that the misclassifications of reports may have an appreciable effect on certain reported crime rates," the report said.
Hence, there could be a chance of misclassification regarding reported diseases.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com