A call for the reporting of effect sizes in research reports to enhance critical appraisal and evidence-based practice

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 125-129

  Mays, Mary Z ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 70049090749     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2009.00166.x     Document Type: Editorial

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