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Collider Scope: How selection bias can induce spurious associations
Marcus R. Munafò, Kate Tilling, Amy E. Taylor, David M. Evans, George Davey Smith
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/079707
Marcus R. Munafò
1MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
2UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Kate Tilling
1MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
3School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Amy E. Taylor
1MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
2UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
David M. Evans
1MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
4University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4102, Australia
George Davey Smith
1MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
3School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Posted October 07, 2016.
Collider Scope: How selection bias can induce spurious associations
Marcus R. Munafò, Kate Tilling, Amy E. Taylor, David M. Evans, George Davey Smith
bioRxiv 079707; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/079707
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