Sensitivity of Crosswise Model to Simplistic Selection of Nonsensitive Questions: An Application to Estimate Substance Use, Alcohol Consumption and Extramarital Sex Among Iranian College Students.

Saeid Safiri Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar Mohammad Ali Mansournia Masoud Yunesian Mansour Shamsipour Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani Akbar Fotouhi

Published in: Substance use & misuse (2018)

Estimates from crosswise model is highly sensitive to the response probability of nonsensitive questions. It seems that if this question is not selected carefully, the mentioned models will provide overestimates or underestimates, and the more-is-better hypothesis is not always valid. To achieve valid estimates, the exact probability of a positive response to the nonsensitive question must be known for the studied population.

Keyphrases

alcohol consumption
density functional theory
high resolution
molecularly imprinted
molecular dynamics