Hypotheses, tests, methods, and innovation: The balancing act in research

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2204-2216

  Berg, Anne T ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Research design; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; VALPROIC ACID;

COGNITION; EPILEPSY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EPILEPSY; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 36949002029     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01312.x     Document Type: Review

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