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SUBMITTER: Huque MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4956600 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huque Md Hamidul MH Bondell Howard D HD Carroll Raymond J RJ Ryan Louise M LM
Biometrics 20160120 3
Spatial data have become increasingly common in epidemiology and public health research thanks to advances in GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technology. In health research, for example, it is common for epidemiologists to incorporate geographically indexed data into their studies. In practice, however, the spatially defined covariates are often measured with error. Naive estimators of regression coefficients are attenuated if measurement error is ignored. Moreover, the classical measuremen ...[more]