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)
non-randomized study
(non-experimental study, observational study,)
— 440 views
“A category of studies that does not use random allocation to assign participants to treatment comparison groups” … (read more)
benefit
(desirable anticipated effect, desirable effect)
— 381 views
“Difference in outcomes that favours a treatment in a treatment comparison” … (read more)
research evidence
(research findings, research results)
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“The findings of studies, including systematic reviews” … (read more)
type of study
(research design)
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“Key features of research methods used to categorize types of studies” … (read more)
play of chance
(random error)
— 373 views
“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)
attrition bias
(exclusion bias)
— 368 views
“Unequal loss of participants from study groups in a trial.” … (read more)
margin of error
(CI, margin of error,)
— 367 views
“A measure of uncertainty due to the play of chance” … (read more)
utility value
— 367 views
“In health economic evaluations, a measure of the strength of preference for a specific health outcome” … (read more)