Bla ordlisten:
Top Ten terms
- study participants
(subjects*, participants)
— 4154 views
“The people included in a study” … (read more)
- statistically significant
— 3340 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)
- research evidence
(research findings, research results)
— 3229 views
“The findings of studies, including systematic reviews” … (read more)
- non-randomized study
(non-experimental study, observational study,)
— 3156 views
“A category of studies that does not use random allocation to assign participants to treatment comparison groups” … (read more)
- fair comparisons of treatments
— 3043 views
“Studies designed, conducted, reported and interpreted to minimize bias and the play of chance in measuring treatment effects” … (read more)
- evidence to decision framework
(evidence to recommendation framework, EtD framework)
— 2860 views
“A structured format for going from evidence to a decision that includes key background information, assessment criteria for making a decision and conclusions” … (read more)
- treatment effect
(clinical impact, estimate of effect, impact)
— 2664 views
“Changes (increases or decreases) or differences in health outcomes as a result of treatments” … (read more)
- margin of error
(CI, margin of error,)
— 2631 views
“A measure of uncertainty due to the play of chance” … (read more)
- cost-effectiveness
(cost-utility)
— 2601 views
“The cost of a treatment in relation to its effects” … (read more)
- index test
— 2569 views
“A diagnostic test that is being evaluated against a reference standard test in a study of test accuracy” … (read more)