Superiority trials, non-inferiority trials, and prisoners of the 2-sided null hypothesis

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 38-39

  Sackett, David L ^a  

^a Trout Research/Education Centre   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NOTE; NURSING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342548258     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebm.9.2.38     Document Type: Note

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