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It looks like there's an argument to be made it could overcount or undercount depending on importance of each potential bias. "This study had several limitatio
by tshadley 6y ago
It looks like there's an argument to be made it could overcount or undercount depending on importance of each potential bias.
"This study had several limitations. First, our sampling strategy selected for members of Santa Clara
County with access to Facebook and a car to attend drive-through testing sites. This resulted in an overrepresentation of white women between the ages of 19 and 64, and an under-representation of Hispanic
and Asian populations, relative to our community. Those imbalances were partly addressed by weighting
our sample population by zip code, race, and sex to match the county. We did not account for age
imbalance in our sample, and could not ascertain representativeness of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in
homeless populations. Other biases, such as bias favoring individuals in good health capable of attending
our testing sites, or bias favoring those with prior COVID-like illnesses seeking antibody confirmation are
also possible. The overall effect of such biases is hard to ascertain."