An alphabet soup
EQUATOR Network. EQUATOR Network includes a series of statements or directives that different epidemiological designs must comply with.
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
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Prevention not always is better
Disadvantages of screening. Before starting a screening program, we must carefully plan the strategy and identify its advantages and disadvantages.
A good agreement?
Kappa coefficient of interobserver agreement. When we have measurements obtained by two observers, the kappa coefficient allows us to separate the degree of coincidence due to chance.
All that glitters is not gold
Assessment of diagnostic tests. We describe how to assess the power of diagnostic tests: sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and likelihood ratios.
The one with the foreign name
Odds ratio. The odds ratio allows us to calculate the strength of the association between exposure and effect when we do not know the baseline risks.