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Selection Bias  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Biases, Selection
  • Bias, Selection
  • Selection Biases

Note

  • usually NIM

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(90); was see under BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY) 1990

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015983

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