Timeline for What to conclude when you fail to find an association in an epidemiological study?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
4 events
when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 1, 2012 at 19:50 | vote | accept | Mr Alpha | ||
Jul 1, 2012 at 19:37 | comment | added | Fomite | @MrAlpha That depends on how your variable works as a confounder, and your effect estimate to begin with. But it is not an uncommon occurrence, and should always be considered. | |
Jun 30, 2012 at 16:49 | comment | added | Mr Alpha | In the case of confounding is the probability of having such a confounding variable that drives the association towards null as big as the probability of a confounding variable producing a false relationship? | |
Jun 21, 2012 at 18:25 | history | answered | Fomite | CC BY-SA 3.0 |