Commentary: Prior specification of hypotheses: Cause or just a correlate of informative studies?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 957-958

  Savitz, D A ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING;

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 0035163523     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.5.957     Document Type: Article

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1. False positive outcomes and design characteristics in occupational cancer epidemiology studies
2. The hypothesis generating machine
3. Pursuit of improbable hypotheses