Achilles and Effects Forest
Publication bias. We describe publication bias in meta-analysis and the most used methods that are empoyed for its study, both graphical and numerical.
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
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Apples and pears
Study of heterogeneity in meta-analysis. Numerical (Q, I, H) and graphical methods (Galbraith and L’Abbé) for the study of heterogeneity of the primary meta-analysis studies.
Censorship
Survival tables and censored data. We describe the methodology of preparing survival tables and the treatment of censored data in this type of study with time to event variables.
A case of misleading probability
Bayes’ theorem. We describe the concept of conditional probability and the development of Bayes’ theorem, used to calculate the conditional probability of an event. Today we are going to see another of those examples where intuition about the value of certain…
A simple relationship
Simple regression. The concept of regression is defined and the most used simple regression models are detailed: linear, logistic and proportional hazards regression.