Kianersi et al., "Association Between Sampling Method and Covid-19 Test Positivity Among Undergraduate Students" (2020)
2026-08-14
Sina Kianersi, Yong-Yeol Ahn, and Molly Rosenberg, medRxiv (2020)
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@article{kianersi2020sampling,
author = {Sina Kianersi and Yong-Yeol Ahn and Molly Rosenberg},
title = {Association Between Sampling Method and Covid-19 Test Positivity Among Undergraduate Students: Testing Friendship Paradox in Covid-19 Network of Transmission},
journal = {medRxiv},
doi = {10.1101/2020.12.14.20248144},
year = {2020},
}
Nominated friends reported higher prior COVID-19 positivity than randomly sampled students, supporting Friendship paradox-based acquaintance Sampling as a possible COVID 19 surveillance strategy while leaving self-report and selection-bias limitations.