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Descriptor English:   Selection Bias 
Descriptor Spanish:   Sesgo de Selección 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Viés de Seleção 
Synonyms English:   Sampling Biases
Sampling Error
Selection Biases
Bias, Sampling
Biases, Sampling
Biases, Selection
Error, Sampling
Errors, Sampling
Sampling Errors
Bias, Selection
Sampling Bias  
Tree Number:   N05.715.350.150.775
N06.850.490.500.500
Definition English:   The introduction of error due to systematic differences in the characteristics between those selected and those not selected for a given study. In sampling bias, error is the result of failure to ensure that all members of the reference population have a known chance of selection in the sample. 
Indexing Annotation English:   IM GEN only; coord NIM with disease /epidemiol (IM) or specific non-disease term /statist; no qualif; specify geog if pertinent
History Note English:   91(90); was see under BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY) 1990 
Record Number:   24872 
Unique Identifier:   D015983 

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