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Using the Standardized Difference to Compare the Prevalence of a Binary Variable Between Two Groups in Observational Research

P. Austin

2009.4.9COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-SIMULATION AND COMPUTATION

DOI: 10.1080/03610910902859574

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The utility and interpretation of the standardized difference for comparing the prevalence of dichotomous variables between two groups is explored, and a standardized difference of 10% is equivalent to having a phi coefficient of 0.05 for the correlation between treatment group and the binary variable.

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AUSTIN, P. Using the standardized difference to compare the prevalence of a binary variable between two groups in observational research. COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-SIMULATION AND COMPUTATION, 2009, 38: 1228–1234.