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Dichotomisation using a distributional approach when the outcome is skewed

BACKGROUND: Dichotomisation of continuous outcomes has been rightly criticised by statisticians because of the loss of information incurred. However to communicate a comparison of risks, dichotomised outcomes may be necessary. Peacock et al. developed a distributional approach to the dichotomisation...

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Autores principales: Sauzet, Odile, Ofuya, Mercy, Peacock, Janet L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4422142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25902850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-015-0028-8