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From: New approaches and technical considerations in detecting outlier measurements and trajectories in longitudinal children growth data

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Sensitivity to detect outliers by detection method for each growth measure, error type and intensity. Abbreviations: TARGet Kids!, the applied research group for kids; CTX, the co-trimoxazole prophylaxis trial; zMUAC, mid-upper arm circumference-for-age z-scores; SD, error intensity as number of standard deviations injected to measurements; mBIV, modified method for biologically implausible values detection; sBIV; sBIV, static detection method for biologically implausible values based on fixed WHO cut-off values; MMOM, multi-model outlier measurement detection method; SMOM, single-model outlier measurement detection method; COT, clustering-based outlier trajectory detection method; MMOT, multi-model outlier trajectory detection method

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