We designed an experiment to explore the extent of measurement error in body mass index (BMI), when based on self … suggest a complex structure of non-classical measurement error in BMI, depending on both individuals' and within …-household peers' true BMI. This may bias studies that use BMI based on self-reported data as a regressor. Common methods to mitigate …

We designed an experiment to explore the extent of measurement error in body mass index (BMI), when based on self … suggest a complex structure of non-classical measurement error in BMI, depending on both individuals' and within …-household peers' true BMI. This may bias studies that use BMI based on self-reported data as a regressor. Common methods to mitigate …

-reported data under-estimates the true BMI distribution. Analysis of regression models for health care utilization shows little … measurement error in both self-reported and measured anthropometrics with national representative data from the 2013 National … Health Survey in Brazil. Indeed, a small but statistically significant fraction of measured anthropometrics are attributed to …

This paper develops a method to correct for non-random measurement error in a binary indicator of illicit drugs. Our … measurement error -- a finding contrary to predictions of a model of random measurement error. We show that more accurate …

This paper develops a method to correct for non-random measurement error in a binary indicator of illicit drugs. Our … measurement error -- a finding contrary to predictions of a model of random measurement error. We show that more accurate …

We designed an experiment to explore the extent of measurement error in body mass index (BMI), when based on self … suggest a complex structure of non-classical measurement error in BMI, depending on both individuals' and within …-household peers' true BMI. This may bias studies that use BMI based on self-reported data as a regressor. Common methods to mitigate …

implications of reporting inconsistencies shows no impact of SAH measurement on the magnitude of the association between income and … health, estimated separately using the two SAH measures. A set of dimensions of people's physiological and biological health … be driven by mechanisms other than people's underlying health. …