How (Not) to Use Risk Ratios in Sociological Research

A small but growing literature uses the risk ratio as an association or effect measure. Unlike odds ratios, risk ratios are unaffected by rescaling or noncollapsibility bias and are straightforward to interpret. However, the risk ratio has one unattractive property that researchers need to be aware...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kristian Bernt Karlson, Lincoln Quillian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-09-01
Series:Socius
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231192394