statistically significant
— 59 views
“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)
non-randomized study
(non-experimental study, observational study,)
— 57 views
“A category of studies that does not use random allocation to assign participants to treatment comparison groups” … (read more)
measurement bias
(ascertainment bias, detection bias, observer bias)
— 56 views
“Bias resulting from systematic differences in how outcomes are measured in treatment comparison groups in a study.” … (read more)
type of study
(research design)
— 56 views
“Key features of research methods used to categorize types of studies” … (read more)
dramatic treatment effect
— 54 views
“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)
utility value
— 54 views
“In health economic evaluations, a measure of the strength of preference for a specific health outcome” … (read more)
attrition bias
(exclusion bias)
— 52 views
“Unequal loss of participants from study groups in a trial.” … (read more)
research evidence
(research findings, research results)
— 52 views
“The findings of studies, including systematic reviews” … (read more)
margin of error
(CI, margin of error,)
— 49 views
“A measure of uncertainty due to the play of chance” … (read more)