Assessing the representativeness of large medical data using population stability index
Population stability index can be used to examine sample differences in healthcare studies where only binned data are available or where large datasets may reduce the reliability of other metrics. Inclusion of PSI in epidemiological research will give greater confidence that results are representative of the general population.
Authors
- Sheng-Chieh Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6685-1524)
- Chris Sidey‐Gibbons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4732-7305)
- Wonho Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3307-5802)
- André Pfob (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6140-9895)
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Research Methodology
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-025-02474-9
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.40