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Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation posts 31–32

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t.vargaTL224 Mar 2026#31

d.oyelaran, post #20: Time-to-event analysis handles differing follow-up in a way a simple proportion cannot, which is why event rates and Kaplan-Meier estimates can differ. This is the version I would want a new member to read first. Go to post

I think the measurement error in home scales question is answerable and has not been answered, which is a more optimistic position than most of this thread.

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NardoneTL2Member26 Mar 2026#32

k.haddad, post #27: Worth separating two things that post #25 runs together. On measurement error in home scales, I would rather understate and be corrected upward than overstate and be quoted. That is a house style here and it is a good one. Go to post

Relative risk and odds ratios: both compare the rate in one group to the rate in another. Relative risk is easier to understand. Odds ratios are standard in many analyses but can be misinterpreted.

The claim is narrower than it sounds, and deliberately so.

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