Making sense of results – CASP

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Language/s: 3-4 - How certain is the evidence?

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Target Audience: 3-1 Do the outcomes measured matter to you?

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2-9 Reviews of fair comparisons should be systematic

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Short Description:

This module introduces the key concepts required to make sense of statistical information presented in research papers.

Key Concepts addressed:

• 2-11 Subgroup analyses may be misleading
• 1-11 Explanations about how treatments work can be wrong
• 1-12 Dramatic treatment effects are rare
• 1-2 Anecdotes are unreliable evidence
• 1-6 Expert opinion is not always right
• 1-4 Common practice is not always evidence-based
• 1-5 Newer is not necessarily better

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