Identifying and Addressing Confounding Bias in Violence Prevention Research.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Violence prevention research has enhanced our understanding of individual and community risk and protective factors for aggression and violence. However, our knowledge of risk and protective factors for violence is highly dependent on observational studies, since there are few randomized trials of risk and protective factors for violence. Observational studies are susceptible to systematic errors, specifically confounding, and may lack internal validity.

Recent findings

Many violence prevention studies utilize methods that do not correctly identify the set of covariates needed for statistical adjustment. This results in unwarranted matching and restriction leading to further confounding or selection bias. Covariate adjustment based on purely statistical cri

SUBMITTER: Ranapurwala SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7176054 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature