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. 2025 Jan;21(1):78-80.
doi: 10.1007/s13181-024-01044-7. Epub 2024 Nov 29.

Biostatistics and Epidemiology for the Toxicologist: Information Bias-Differential and Non-Differential Misclassification (Part I)

Elise Perlman  1 , Sanjay Mohan  2 , Mark K Su  3
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Biostatistics and Epidemiology for the Toxicologist: Information Bias-Differential and Non-Differential Misclassification (Part I)

Elise Perlman et al. J Med Toxicol. 2025 Jan.
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Example of non-differential misclassification bias
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Example of differential misclassification bias
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