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The Use of the Cross-Ratio in Aetiological Surveys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2017

P. Armitage
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Abstract

The use of the cross-ratio as a measure of association in a 2×2 table is closely related to Bartlett's (1935) definition of interaction in a higher-order table. Inference about aetiological associations from case-control studies is most naturally done in terms of the cross-ratio, as a measure of relative risk. Standard methods of statistical analysis, for the comparison and combination of relative risks and for matched pairs, are reviewed, and some new results noted.

Type
Part IX — Biomathematics and Epidemiology
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 12 , Issue S1 , 1975 , pp. 349 - 355
Copyright
Copyright © 1975 Applied Probability Trust 

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