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When selection becomes selection bias
European Journal of EndocrinologyAbstract Selection in clinical research does not necessarily result in selection bias. To understand when selection leads to bias, we discuss collider-conditioning bias, which is a common and often self-inflicted type of selection bias. Collider-conditioning bias may be difficult to recognize, and paying more attention to the bias could ...
Kristina Laugesen +3 more
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Selection Bias and Self-Selection
1987The problem of selection bias in economic and social statistics arises when a rule other than simple random sampling is used to sample the underlying population that is the object of interest. The distorted representation of a true population as a consequence of a sampling rule is the essence of the selection problem.
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1986
Discrimination is the essence of good selection: an employer tries to discriminate between the applicants who will be good workers and those who will be poor workers. Such discrimination is right and proper: it increases organisational efficiency, it conserves society’s resources and it saves many individuals the stress and strain of struggling to cope
Mike Smith, Ivan T. Robertson
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Discrimination is the essence of good selection: an employer tries to discriminate between the applicants who will be good workers and those who will be poor workers. Such discrimination is right and proper: it increases organisational efficiency, it conserves society’s resources and it saves many individuals the stress and strain of struggling to cope
Mike Smith, Ivan T. Robertson
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Journal of Educational Measurement, 1973
Possible bias in selection procedures used for employment and college admissions is of crucial social and educational importance. However, there are many different definitions of what constitutes bias with each definition based on different values and with different implications for how selection should be accomplished. A number of these definitions of
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Possible bias in selection procedures used for employment and college admissions is of crucial social and educational importance. However, there are many different definitions of what constitutes bias with each definition based on different values and with different implications for how selection should be accomplished. A number of these definitions of
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Exploring the impact of selection bias in observational studies of COVID-19: a simulation study
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2023Louise A C Millard +2 more
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Selection Mechanisms and Their Consequences: Understanding and Addressing Selection Bias
Current Epidemiology Reports, 2020Louisa H Smith
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