statistics and research methods

Age is the most important clinical feature to help rule out cardiac syncope
Jack O'Sullivan

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Oct 2020, 25 (5) 186-187; DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2019-111270
Interactive visualisation for interpreting diagnostic test accuracy study results
Thomas R Fanshawe, Michael Power, Sara Graziadio, José M Ordóñez-Mena, John Simpson, Joy Allen

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Feb 2018, 23 (1) 13-16; DOI: 10.1136/ebmed-2017-110862
Regarding minimal clinically relevant differences for superiority margins
Patrick S Phelan

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Apr 2018, 23 (2) 80; DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-110925

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