A Discriminant Analysis of Reporting Errors in Health Interviews

Gordon Fisher

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, 1962, vol. 11, issue 3, 148-163

Abstract: In this article the author makes use of data collected for the U.S. National Health Survey in a survey, by interview, of the hospitalisation of persons. Using a least‐squares technique, involving dummy variables, he derives a discriminating function which permits the prediction of accurate reporting of hospitalisation according to criteria such as the income and race of the respondent. The estimated effects of these and other criteria upon the accuracy with which hospitalisations are reported are discussed in some detail.

Date: 1962
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