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Let the question determine the methods: descriptive epidemiology done right
What does it mean to control for confounding, and when do we actually need to do it? To answer this, we need a well-defined research question, driven by the goal of the study. For descriptive goals, we explain that confounding adjustment is often not just unnecessary but can be harmful.
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592039/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32814836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-1019-z |
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| author | Conroy, Sara Murray, Eleanor J. |
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| description | What does it mean to control for confounding, and when do we actually need to do it? To answer this, we need a well-defined research question, driven by the goal of the study. For descriptive goals, we explain that confounding adjustment is often not just unnecessary but can be harmful. |
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| spelling | pubmed-75920392021-08-20 Let the question determine the methods: descriptive epidemiology done right Conroy, Sara Murray, Eleanor J. Br J Cancer Comment What does it mean to control for confounding, and when do we actually need to do it? To answer this, we need a well-defined research question, driven by the goal of the study. For descriptive goals, we explain that confounding adjustment is often not just unnecessary but can be harmful. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-08-20 2020-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7592039/ /pubmed/32814836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-1019-z Text en © Cancer Research UK 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Note This work is published under the standard license to publish agreement. After 12 months the work will become freely available and the license terms will switch to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). |
| spellingShingle | Comment Conroy, Sara Murray, Eleanor J. Let the question determine the methods: descriptive epidemiology done right |
| title | Let the question determine the methods: descriptive epidemiology done right |
| title_full | Let the question determine the methods: descriptive epidemiology done right |
| title_fullStr | Let the question determine the methods: descriptive epidemiology done right |
| title_full_unstemmed | Let the question determine the methods: descriptive epidemiology done right |
| title_short | Let the question determine the methods: descriptive epidemiology done right |
| title_sort | let the question determine the methods: descriptive epidemiology done right |
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| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592039/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32814836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-1019-z |
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