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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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-05-01
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Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/11/5527 |