Detection of Outliers Due to Participants' Non-Adherence to Protocol in a Longitudinal Study of Cognitive Decline.

BACKGROUND:Participants' non adherence to protocol affects data quality. In longitudinal studies, this leads to outliers that can be present at the level of the population or the individual. The purpose of the present study is to elaborate a method for detection of outliers in a study of cognit...

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Main Authors: Aline Dugravot, Severine Sabia, Martin J Shipley, Catherine Welch, Mika Kivimaki, Archana Singh-Manoux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4498688?pdf=render