Stats.con - How we've been fooled by statistics-based research in medicine

Author: James Penston
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1907313338
Category: Medical

Stats.con - How we've been fooled by statistics-based research in medicine

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on - How we've been fooled by statistics-based research in medicine: Statistics-based research is the method by which the causes of disease and the effectiveness of new treatments are investigated. Epidemiological studies and large-scale randomised controlled trials dominate medical research. Judged by the number of papers published each year, this type of research would appear to be a success. Yet it's a triumph of appearance over substance. We've been cajoled into believing that great advances in medicine have occurred when, in fact, this isn't the case. Large RCTs are placed at the summit of the hierarchy of evidence and are claimed to be the most reliable means of establishing causal relationships in medical research. Get Stats.con - How we've been fooled by statistics-based research in medicine our bestseller medical books.

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