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Effectiveness Delusions
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Cherry picking the results of people in sub-groups can be misleading.
Key Concepts addressed:- 2-13 Average measures of effects can be misleading
- Choices: making informed choices
- 2-12 Single studies can be misleading
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To inoculate yourself against “significant” effects that might not improve health, have a look at papers by Ioannidis and Gotzsche. Want to know more about the risks of relying only on biomarkers? Here’s an explanation of their pitfalls at PubMed Health.
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