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Main Title Comparison of methods for the analysis of panel studies /
Author Hasselblad, Victor.
CORP Author Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C. Statistics and Data Management Office.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Health Effects Research Library ; National Technical Information Service [distributor] ;
Year Published 1978
Report Number EPA 600/1-78/043
Stock Number PB 285 066
OCLC Number 38840150
Subjects Panel analysis ; Epidemiology--Research
Additional Subjects Asthma ; Statistical analysis ; Epidemiology ; Comparison ; Regression analysis ; Discriminate analysis ; Respiratory diseases ; New York ; Allergic diseases ; Sulfates ; Tables(Data) ; Riverhead(New York)
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000ZPAO.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 600-1-78-043 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 04/28/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/1-78-043 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 06/30/2000
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-1-78-043 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 600-1-78-043 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 06/04/1999
NTIS  PB-285 066 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 29 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Three different methods of analysis of panels were compared using asthma panel data from a 1970-1971 study done by EPA in Riverhead, New York. The methods were (1) regression analysis using raw attack rates; (2) regression analysis using the ratio of observed attacks to expected attacks; and (3) discriminant analysis where repeated attacks were ignored. The first two methods were found to have serious serial correlation problems. The third method eliminated this problem, but reduced the effective sample size considerably. A more appropriate method was suggested for larger panels over shorter periods of time. The analyses of the Riverhead data showed that any sulfate effect on asthmatics was confounded with seasonal trends.
Notes
"EPA-600/1-78-043." Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-28).