Estimating Relative Risk When Observing Zero Events—Frequentist Inference and Bayesian Credibility Intervals

Relative risk (RR) is a preferred measure for investigating associations in clinical and epidemiological studies with dichotomous outcomes. However, if the outcome of interest is rare, it frequently occurs that no events are observed in one of the comparison groups. In this case, many of the standar...

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Main Authors: Sören Möller, Linda Juel Ahrenfeldt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/11/5527