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study participants
(subjects*, participants)
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“The people included in a study” … (read more)
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non-randomized study
(non-experimental study, observational study,)
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“A category of studies that does not use random allocation to assign participants to treatment comparison groups” … (read more)
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statistically significant
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“A result that is unlikely to have happened by chance. The usual threshold for this judgement is a likelihood of less than 5%” … (read more)
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fair comparisons of treatments
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“Studies designed, conducted, reported and interpreted to minimize bias and the play of chance in measuring treatment effects” … (read more)
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research evidence
(research findings, research results)
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“The findings of studies, including systematic reviews” … (read more)
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benefit
(desirable anticipated effect, desirable effect)
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“Difference in outcomes that favours a treatment in a treatment comparison” … (read more)
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cost-effectiveness
(cost-utility)
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“The cost of a treatment in relation to its effects” … (read more)
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index test
— 1915 views
“A diagnostic test that is being evaluated against a reference standard test in a study of test accuracy” … (read more)
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play of chance
(random error)
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“In treatment comparisons, a type of error that may affect the results because too few events or outcomes have been observed to provide a reliable measure of the treatment effects” … (read more)
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dramatic treatment effect
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“Treatment effect that is so large that it is unlikely to be explained away by bias, even without having been tested in a study designed to minimize bias” … (read more)