Selection Biases
Here we discuss the selection biases present in APOGEE data and provide references.
Selection Biases
APOGEE spectra are not taken for a random set of all possible stars in the field. To use the APOGEE observations to recover the underlying stellar populations, there are several biases to consider.
Further Reading
The following papers have detailed discussions of the selection bias and present ways to account for them.
- Nandakumar et al. 2017: Effects of the selection function on metallicity trends in spectroscopic surveys of the Milky Way
- Bovy et al. 2016a: On Galactic Density Modeling in the Presence of Dust Extinction
- Bovy et al. 2016b: The Stellar Population Structure of the Galactic Disk
