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Should adjustment for covariates be used in prevalence estimations?
BACKGROUND: Adjustment for covariates (also called auxiliary variables in survey sampling literature) is commonly applied in health surveys to reduce the variances of the prevalence estimators. In theory, adjusted prevalence estimators are more accurate when variance components are known. In practic...
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BioMed Central
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2254620/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18221545 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-5573-5-2 |