There is a lot of controversy over the use of the odds ratio versus the relative risk. I wrote a brief article on this and explained settings where you should use the odds ratio and settings where you should use the relative risk.
- Stephen Simon. Understanding the Odds Ratio and the Relative Risk. Journal of Andrology, 2001 (July/August), 22(4), 533-536, doi: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2001.tb02212.x.
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