Representativeness is not helpful in studying heterogeneity of effects across subgroups

Affiliations

¹ RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA and Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.

Comment

Kj Rothman et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2014 Apr.

. 2014 Apr;43(2):633-4.

doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt265. Epub 2014 Jan 6.

¹ RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA and Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.

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Why representativeness should be avoided.
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Avoidance of representativeness in presence of effect modification.
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Is representativeness the right question?
Schooling CM, Jones HE. Schooling CM, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2014 Apr;43(2):631-2. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt264. Epub 2014 Jan 15. Int J Epidemiol. 2014. PMID: 24436097 Free PMC article. No abstract available.