Evaluating sources of bias in observational studies of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin II receptor blocker use during COVID-19: beyond …

JB Cohen, LDA McGowan, ET Jensen… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Concerns over ACE inhibitor or ARB use to treat hypertension during COVID-19 remain
unresolved. Although studies using more robust methodologies provided some clarity …

Three methodological approaches to studying singlehood

Y Park, YU Girme, G MacDonald - Social and Personality …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As the number of single (unpartnered) individuals continues to rise, researchers across
various disciplines have started to pay more attention to single individuals' lives. Yet …

Investigating selection bias of online surveys on coronavirus-related behavioral outcomes

I Schaurer, B Weiß - survey research methods, 2020 - ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has stimulated numerous online surveys that are
mainly based on online convenience samples or commercial online access panels where …

[HTML][HTML] A machine learning model for the prediction of down syndrome in second trimester antenatal screening

F He, B Lin, K Mou, L Jin, J Liu - Clinica Chimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Down syndrome (DS) is the most common human chromosomal abnormality.
About 1,200 laboratories carry out antenatal screening for DS in second trimester …

Scoping review of the methodology of large health surveys conducted in Spain early on in the COVID-19 pandemic

C Sánchez-Cantalejo Garrido… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The use of health surveys has been key in the scientific community to promptly
communicate results about the health impact of COVID-19. But what information was …

Combining statistical matching and propensity score adjustment for inference from non-probability surveys

L Castro-Martín, M del Mar Rueda… - Journal of Computational …, 2022 - Elsevier
The convenience of online surveys has quickly increased their popularity for data collection.
However, this method is often non-probabilistic as they usually rely on selfselection …

On the use of gradient boosting methods to improve the estimation with data obtained with self-selection procedures

L Castro-Martín, MM Rueda, R Ferri-García… - Mathematics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the last years, web surveys have established themselves as one of the main methods in
empirical research. However, the effect of coverage and selection bias in such surveys has …

Social valuation of biodiversity relative to other types of assets at risk in wildfire

JCZ Woinarski, ST Garnett, KK Zander - Conservation biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental crises, such as wildfires, can cause major losses of human life, infrastructure,
biodiversity, and cultural values. In many such situations, incident controllers must make …

Inference from non-probability surveys with statistical matching and propensity score adjustment using modern prediction techniques

L Castro-Martín, MM Rueda, R Ferri-García - Mathematics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Online surveys are increasingly common in social and health studies, as they provide fast
and inexpensive results in comparison to traditional ones. However, these surveys often …

Enhancing estimation methods for integrating probability and nonprobability survey samples with machine‐learning techniques. An application to a Survey on the …

MM Rueda, S Pasadas‐del‐Amo… - Biometrical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Web surveys have replaced Face‐to‐Face and computer assisted telephone interviewing
(CATI) as the main mode of data collection in most countries. This trend was reinforced as a …