Confidence intervals illuminate absence of evidence [2]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7446, 2004, Pages 1016-1017

  Altman, Doug ^a   Bland, J Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAMIPRIL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 1942532019     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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