Studying a study and testing a test :

Riegelman, Richard K.

Studying a study and testing a test : how to read the medical evidence / How to read the medical evidence Richard K. Riegelman. - 5th ed. - Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2005. - vii, 403 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction and flaw-catching exercise -- Types of studies and the M.A.A.R.I.E. framework -- Method -- Assignment -- Assessment -- Results -- Interpretation -- Extrapolation -- Randomized clinical trials -- Database research: nonconcurrent cohort studies -- Meta-analysis -- Questions to ask and flaw-catching exercises -- Method -- Assignment -- Assessment -- Results -- Interpretation -- Extrapolation -- Screening -- Questions to ask and flaw-catching exercises -- Method and assignment -- Assessment -- Results -- Interpretation and extrapolation -- Life expectancy -- Questions to ask and flaw-catching exercises -- Introduction and method -- Assignment -- Assessment -- Results -- Interpretation -- Extrapolation -- Questions to ask and Flaw-catching exercises -- Method -- Assignment -- Assessment -- Results -- Interpretation -- Extrapolation and questions to ask -- Basic principles -- Univariable analysis -- Bivariable analysis -- Multivariable analysis -- Selecting a statistic flowcharts.

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Medical literature--Evaluation.
Medicine--Research--Evaluation.
Biometry.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Evidence-Based Medicine--Methods.

R118.6 / .R54 2005

610/.72

WA 950 / R554s 2005