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Eureka!

Cherry picking the results of people in sub-groups can be misleading.

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Composite Outcomes

Fair comparisons of treatments should measure important outcomes and avoid dependence on surrogate outcome measures.

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Biomarkers unlimited

Fair comparisons of treatments should measure important outcomes and avoid dependence on surrogate outcome measures.

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Goldilocks

Cartoon and blog about how poorly performed systematic reviews and meta-analyses may misrepresent the truth.

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Cherry Picking

Cherry-picking results that only support your own conclusion may mean ignoring important evidence that refutes a treatment claim.

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Forest Plot Trilogy

Synthesising the results of similar but separate fair comparisons (meta-analysis) may help by yielding statistically more reliable estimates

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False Precision

The use of p-values to indicate the probability of something occurring by chance may be misleading.

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Does it work?

People with vested interests may use misleading statistics to support claims about the efects of new treatments.

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Alicia

Earlier testing is not always better, and can lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment.

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Peer-Review

Even quality control steps, such as peer-review, can be affected by conflicts of interest.

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Gertrud

Exaggeration and hopes or fears can lead to unrealistic expectations about treatment effects.

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Soy Lattes

Just because two things are associated, doesn't mean one thing caused the other.

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