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incorporation bias
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Incorporation bias
Occurs when investigators study a diagnostic test that incorporates features of the target outcome. The result is a bias toward making the test...
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Occurs when investigators study a diagnostic test that incorporates features of the target outcome. The result is a bias toward making the test appear more powerful in differentiating target positive from target negative than it actually is. See also
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