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misclassification bias: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

distortion of a measure of association caused by errors in classifying exposure or disease status, which can bias estimates toward or away from the null.

In epidemiology, misclassification bias refers to distortion of a measure of association caused by errors in classifying exposure or disease status, which can bias estimates toward or away from the null. This meaning comes from Copeland (1977) in American Journal of Epidemiology.[1]

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References

Copeland, K. T., Checkoway, H., McMICHAEL, A. J., & Holbrook, R. H. (1977). Bias Due to Misclassification in the Estimation of Relative Risk. American Journal of Epidemiology, 105(5), 488-495. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112408

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