Harmonization of data from cohort studies– potential challenges and opportunities

Introduction Pooling data from cohort studies can be used to increase sample size. However, individual datasets may contain variables that measure the same construct differently, posing challenges in the usefulness of combined datasets. Variable harmonization (an effort that provides comparable vie...

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Main Authors: Kamala Adhikari Dahal, Scott Patten, Tyler Williamson, Alka Patel, Shahirose Premji, Suzanne Tough, Nicole Letourneau, Gerald Giesbrecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2018-09-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/868