Chocolate’s fallacy
Ecological fallacy. The ecological fallacy consists in assuming, within an ecological study, that the effect observed at the global level is maintained at the individual level.
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Category Epidemiology
Dividing to conquer
Stratification. Stratification is one of the techniques to study the effect of confounding and effect modifiers variables on risk measures.
The backdoor
Confounding variable. A confounding variable is associated with the exposure and the effect without being part of the cause-effect chain between the two.
The consolation of not being worse
Equivalence and non-inferiority. Equivalence clinical trials aim to show that the new treatment is equivalent to the current one.
The imperfect screening
Diagnostic screening. The characteristics of the diagnostic screening and the ways of calculating the prevalence of the disease from its results are described.