Generalizability: Beyond plausibility and handwaving

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-159

  Shahar, Eyal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Applicability; Determinism; External validity; Indeterminism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAUSALITY; DECISION MAKING; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LOGIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0038128241     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2003.00383.x     Document Type: Review

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