Selection Bias
"Selection Bias" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The introduction of error due to systematic differences in the characteristics between those selected and those not selected for a given study. In sampling bias, error is the result of failure to ensure that all members of the reference population have a known chance of selection in the sample.
| Descriptor ID |
D015983
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.150.775 N06.850.490.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Selection Bias- Selection Bias
- Selection Biases
- Biases, Selection
- Bias, Selection
Sampling Error- Sampling Error
- Error, Sampling
- Errors, Sampling
- Sampling Errors
Sampling Bias- Sampling Bias
- Bias, Sampling
- Sampling Biases
- Biases, Sampling
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Lantos JD. Sample size: profound implications of mundane calculations. Pediatrics. 1993 Jan; 91(1):155-7.