Design and analysis of measurement studies

Publications by J M Bland and D G Altman

Altman DG, Bland JM. (1983). Measurement in medicine: the analysis of method comparison studies. The Statistician 32, 307-317.

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1986). Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet i, 307-310.

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1986). Regression analysis. (Correspondence) Lancet, i, 908-9.

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1986). Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet i, 307-310. (Full text.) See correction to section Measuring agreement using repeated measurements.

Altman DG, Bland JM. (1987). Comparing methods of measurement. (Correspondence) Applied Statistics 36, 224-5.

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1987). Statistical methods for assessing agreement between measurement. Biochimica Clinica 11, 399-404. (Reprinted from the Lancet.)

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1988) Inappropriate use of regression analysis. (Correspondence) Biochimica Clinica 12, 1437-8. (Reprinted from the Lancet.)

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1990) A note on the use of the intraclass correlation coefficient in the evaluation of agreement between two methods of measurement. Computers in Biology and Medicine 20, 337-340.

O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Sweit M, Padfield P, O'Malley K, Jamieson M, Altman D, Bland M, Atkins N. (1990) The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of automated and semi-automated blood pressure measuring devices with special references to ambulatory systems. Journal of Hypertension 8, 607-619.

O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Sweit M, Padfield P, O'Malley K, Jamieson M, Altman D, Bland M, Atkins N. (1991) The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of automated and semi-automated blood pressure measuring devices with special references to ambulatory systems. In O'Brien E, O'Malley K, eds., Journal of Ambulatory Monitoring 4, 207, 228. (Reprinted from the Journal of Hypertension.)

Altman DG, Bland JM. (1991) Analysis of blood pressure data. In O'Brien E, O'Malley K, eds., Blood pressure measurement Elsevier, Amsterdam.

O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Sweit M, Padfield P, O'Malley K, Jamieson M, Altman D, Bland M, Atkins N. (1991) The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of automated and semi-automated blood pressure measuring devices with special references to ambulatory systems. In O'Brien E, O'Malley K, eds., Blood pressure measurement Elsevier, Amsterdam. (Reprinted from the Journal of Hypertension.)

Bland JM, Altman DG (1992) The statistical analysis of Doppler ultrasound studies. in Pearce JM ed. Doppler Ultrasound In Obstetrics And Gynaecology Oxford University Press.

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1992) This week's citation classic: Comparing methods of clinical measurement. Current Contents CM20(40) Oct 5, 8.

O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Swiet M, Padfield PL, Altman DG, Bland M, Coats A, Atkins N. (1993) An outline of the revised British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices. Journal of Hypertension 11, 677-680.

O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Swiet M, Padfield PL, Altman DG, Bland M, Coats A, Atkins N. (1993) The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices. Journal of Hypertension 11 (suppl 2), 543-562.

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1995) Comparing two methods of clinical measurement: a personal history. International Journal of Epidemiology 24 (Suppl), S7-S14.

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1995) Comparing methods of measurement: why plotting difference against standard method is misleading. Lancet 346, 1085-7.

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1996) Statistics Notes. Measurement error. British Medical Journal 313, 744 (Republished because of printers' errors in the earlier version, British Medical Journal 1996; 312, 1654.)

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1996) Statistics Notes. Measurement error and correlation coefficients. British Medical Journal 313, 41-2. (The wrong data table was printed in the BMJ. The correct data are available.)

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1996) Statistics Notes. Measurement error proportional to the mean. British Medical Journal 313, 106.

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1997) Difference versus mean plots. (Correspondence) Annals of Clinical Biochemistry 34, 570-571.

Bland JM, Altman DG. (1999) Measuring agreement in method comparison studies. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 8, 135-160.

Altman DG, Bland JM. (2002) Commentary on quantifying agreement between two methods of measurement. Clinical Chemistry 48, 801-802.

Bland JM and Altman DG. (2003) Applying the right statistics: analyses of measurement studies. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 22, 85-93.

Bland JM, Altman D. (2007) Agreement between methods of measurement with multiple observations per individual. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics 17, 571 – 582.

Bland JM, Altman DG. (2010) Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. International Journal of Nursing Studies 47: 931-936. (Reprinted from the Lancet.)

Bland JM, Altman DG. (2012) Agreed Statistics: Measurement Method Comparison. Anesthesiology 116: 182–185.

Altman DG, Bland JM. (2017) Assessing Agreement between Methods of Measurement. Clinical Chemistry 63: 1653-1654.


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