Covariate Measurement Error in Life History Data

In practice it often happens that some collected data are subject to measurement error. Sometimes covariates (or risk factors) of interest may be difficult to observe precisely due to physical location or cost. Sometimes it is impossible to measure covariates accurately due to their nature. In other situations, a covariate may represent an average of a certain quantity over time, and any practical way of measuring such a quantity necessarily features measurement error. When carrying out statistical inference in such settings, it is important to account for the effects of mismeasured covariates; otherwise, erroneous or even misleading results may be produced. In this paper, I discuss measurement error models and review some analysis methods handling covariate measurement error for life history data.

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