Absolute versus relative risk – making sense of media stories
This blog by Sarah Williams should help people who want to understand risk in the context of health and medical stories in the press.
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Association is not the same as causation. Let’s say that again: association is not the same as causation!
This article explains how to tell when correlation or association has been confused with causation.
Viva la Evidence!
A brilliant song and video by James McCormack explaining the basics of evidence-based medicine.
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