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arxiv: 1609.07834 · v2 · pith:SY4YXZNKnew · submitted 2016-09-26 · 🧮 math.ST · stat.TH

The Directions of Selection Bias

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We show that if the exposure and the outcome affect the selection indicator in the same direction and have non-positive interaction on the risk difference, risk ratio or odds ratio scale, the exposure-outcome odds ratio in the selected population is a lower bound for true odds ratio.

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