Engaging military couples in marital research: does requesting referrals from service members to recruit their spouses introduce sample bias?

Engaging military couples in marital research: does requesting referrals from service members to recruit their spouses introduce sample bias?

Abstract Background While enrolling dyads in research studies is not uncommon, there is limited literature on the utility of different recruitment strategies and the resulting selection biases. This paper examined two recruitment strategies used to enroll military couples in a longitudinal study, as...

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Main Authors: Hope Seib McMaster, Valerie A. Stander, Christianna S. Williams, Kelly A. Woodall, Christopher A. O’Malley, Lauren M. Bauer, Evelyn P. Davila, for the Millennium Cohort Family Study Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Recruitment
Referral
Dyad
Couples
Military
Epidemiology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-018-0575-x

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