Inequalities in the health survey using validation question to filter insufficient effort responding: reducing overestimated effects or creating selection bias?

Inequalities in the health survey using validation question to filter insufficient effort responding: reducing overestimated effects or creating selection bias?

Abstract Background The presence of insufficient effort responding participants (IERPs) in a survey can produce systematic bias. Validation questions are commonly used to exclude IERPs. Participants were defined as IERPs if responding inconsistently to two matched validation questions, and non-insuf...

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Main Authors: Jingjing Lu, Feng Wang, Xiaomin Wang, Leesa Lin, Weiyi Wang, Lu Li, Xudong Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Insufficient effort responding
Validation question
Selection bias
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-1030-2

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