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Informational Odds Ratio: A Useful Measure of Epidemiologic Association in Environment Exposure Studies

open access: yesEnvironmental Health Insights, 2012
The informational odds ratio (IOR) measures the post-exposure odds divided by the pre-exposure odds (ie, information gained after knowing exposure status). A desirable property of an adjusted ratio estimate is collapsibility (ie, the combined crude ratio
Jimmy T. Efird,   +3 more
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A Robustness Measure of Association Rules [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
We propose a formal definition of the robustness of association rules for interestingness measures. It is a central concept in the evaluation of the rules and has only been studied unsatisfactorily up to now. It is crucial because a good rule (according to a given quality measure) might turn out as a very fragile rule with respect to small variations ...
Le Bras, Yannick   +3 more
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Association of Early and Late Hospital Readmissions with a Novel Housing-Based Socioeconomic Measure

open access: yesHealth Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology, 2022
Background While socioeconomic status has been linked to hospital readmissions for several conditions, reliable measures of individual socioeconomic status are often not available.
Kaitlyn I. Zurek   +6 more
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Association of short poor work ability measure with increased mortality risk: a prospective multicohort study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To examine whether a single-item measure of self-rated work ability predicts all-cause mortality in three large population-based samples collected in 1978–1980, 2000 and 2017.Setting A representative sample of the population of Finland ...
Harri Rissanen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multivariate measures of concordance for copulas and their marginals

open access: yesDependence Modeling, 2016
Building upon earlier work in which axioms were formulated for multivariate measures of concordance, we examine properties of such measures. In particular,we examine the relations between the measure of concordance of an n-copula and the measures of ...
Taylor M. D.
doaj   +1 more source

Topographical measures of functional connectivity as biomarkers for post-stroke motor recovery

open access: yesJournal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2017
Background Biomarkers derived from neural activity of the brain present a vital tool for the prediction and evaluation of post-stroke motor recovery, as well as for real-time biofeedback opportunities.
Gavin R. Philips   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Synthetic measure of association to determinate the business size of SMEs

open access: yesFaedpyme International Review, 2016
SMEs play a major role in today’s economy all contributing both to the generation of wealth and the creation of jobs, so it makes sense this study to show the level of association between financial ratios to construct a synthetic measure that explains ...
Gerardo Reyes Ruiz   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Your Information Literacy Practices (YILP): Information Literacy and Resourcefulness

open access: yesPartnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2022
Post-secondary students bring with them unique skills and knowledge which may affect their learning. Information literacy (IL) is a set of abilities which permits the discovery of information as well as using this information to create new knowledge ...
Lynne N. Kennette, Elizabeth McIntosh
doaj   +1 more source

Is stunting in children under five associated with the state of vegetation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Secondary analysis of Demographic Health Survey data and the satellite-derived leaf area index

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
Background: The prevalence of stunting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the highest globally. However, only a few studies have attempted to measure the association between stunting and vegetation, which is an important food source.
Freddy Bangelesa   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The association of care transitions measure-15 score and outcomes after discharge from the NICU

open access: yesBMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background Our objectives were (1) to describe Care Transitions Measure (CTM) scores among caregivers of preterm infants after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and (2) to describe the association of CTM scores with readmissions ...
Amy M. Yeh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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