healthy participant effect

proper noun

A skewing of data in randomized medical studies that occurs when healthy participants are less likely to drop out of the study than sicker patients.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. mathematicsA skewing of data in randomized medical studies that occurs when healthy participants are less likely to drop out of the study than sicker patients.
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