Commentary: Representativeness is usually not necessary and often should be avoided
Author(s) -
Lorenzo Richiardi,
Costanza Pizzi,
Neil Pearce
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyt103
Subject(s) - representativeness heuristic , epidemiology , public health , hygiene , medicine , communicable disease , unit (ring theory) , environmental health , population , family medicine , geography , nursing , psychology , pathology , social psychology , mathematics education
Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, Centre for Statistical Methodology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, Departments of Medical Statistics and Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK and Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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