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  1. cut-off value (cut-off point, cut point, threshold) — 10195 views
    “For diagnostic or screening tests, the value used to divide continuous results into categories; typically positive and negative” … (read more)
  2. performance bias — 9180 views
    “Bias resulting from differences in the care provided to the participants in a study, other than the treatments being compared.” … (read more)
  3. index test — 8300 views
    “A diagnostic test that is being evaluated against a reference standard test in a study of test accuracy” … (read more)
  4. length-time bias (length bias) — 7118 views
    “In screening, an apparent increase in survival due to detecting disease earlier than it would otherwise have been detected” … (read more)
  5. systematic review — 6180 views
    “A summary of studies addressing a clear question, using systematic and explicit methods to identify, select, and critically appraise relevant studies, and to collect and analyse data from them” … (read more)
  6. effect estimate (effect size, estimate of effect, point estimate) — 5865 views
    “A statistical measure indicating the most likely size of a treatment effect” … (read more)
  7. non-randomized study (non-experimental study, observational study,) — 5217 views
    “A category of studies that does not use random allocation to assign participants to treatment comparison groups” … (read more)
  8. allocation bias (assignment bias, selection bias) — 5217 views
    “Bias resulting from the way participants in a study have been allocated to treatment comparison groups.” … (read more)
  9. study participants (subjects*, participants) — 5205 views
    “The people included in a study” … (read more)
  10. randomized study (randomized control trial, RCT, randomized trial, randomized controlled trial (should not be used)) — 5094 views
    “A category of studies comparing two or more treatments in which random allocation is used to assign participants to treatment comparison groups” … (read more)