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unit-of-analysis error: a standalone construct

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unit-of-analysiserror1 CONSTRUCTUnit-of-analysis errorDIVINE · HEALTH SERVICES

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analyzing individuals as independent when the intervention was assigned to clusters such as physicians or practices, which overstates precision.

In health services research, unit-of-analysis error refers to analyzing individuals as independent when the intervention was assigned to clusters such as physicians or practices, which overstates precision. This meaning comes from Divine (1992) in Journal of General Internal Medicine.[1]

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  1. Divine, G. W., Brown, J. T., & Frazier, L. M. (1992). The unit of analysis error in studies about physicians’ patient care behavior. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 7(6), 623-629. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02599201

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