A Bayesian approach to prospective binary outcome studies with misclassification in a binary risk factor

Prescott, Gordon orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-9156-2361 and Garthwaite, P. H. (2005) A Bayesian approach to prospective binary outcome studies with misclassification in a binary risk factor. Statistics in Medicine, 24 (22). pp. 3463-3477. ISSN 0277-6715

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.2192

Abstract

Misclassification in a binary exposure variable within an unmatched prospective study may lead to a biased estimate of the disease–exposure relationship. It usually gives falsely small credible intervals because uncertainty in the recorded exposure is not taken into account. When there are several other perfectly measured covariates, interrelationships may introduce further potential for bias. Bayesian methods are proposed for analysing binary outcome studies in which an exposure variable is sometimes misclassified, but its correct values have been validated for a random subsample of the subjects. This Bayesian approach can model relationships between explanatory variables and between exploratory variables and the probabilities of misclassification. Three logistic regressions are used to relate disease to true exposure, misclassified exposure to true exposure and true exposure to other covariates. Credible intervals may be used to make decisions about whether certain parameters are unnecessary and hence whether the model can be reduced in complexity.


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