The cheaters detector
Pitfalls of statistics. Some of the inappropriate uses of statistics are described, either due to ignorance or to modify the apparent relevance of the results.
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
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Pairing
The choice of the statistical test. The most suitable statistical test is described according to the type of variable, whether or not it is paired data and follow normal distribution. The most common situations will be those of comparison of means,…
The power of transitive property
Critical appraisal of network meta-analysis. The methodological aspects of the network meta-analysis and the criteria for critically reading the studies based on this design are described. When Georg Cantor wanted to develop the set theory, he could not get an idea of everything…
An unfairly treated genius
Critical appraisal of meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy. Meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy’s methodology, its most characteristic biases and parameters, and the basis for its critical appraisal are described. The genius that I am talking about in the title of this post…
Chickenphant
Critical appraisal of hybrid designs studies. Hybrid designs of observational studies are described: cases and cohort, nested cases-controls, case and cohort, and case-crossover study. The unreal mixture of different parts of animals has been an obsession of so-called human beings since…