Bias in research: Table 1

Research-agenda Bias: letters to the editor

Bias in research

By writing scientific articles we communicate science among colleagues and peers. By doing this, it is our responsibility to adhere to some basic principles like transparency and accuracy. Authors, journal editors and reviewers need to be concerned about the quality of the work submitted for publication and ensure that only studies which have been designed, conducted and reported in a transpare...

Bias in research.

The aim of this article is to outline types of ‘bias’ across research designs, and consider strategies to minimise bias. Evidence-based nursing, defined as the “process by which evidence, nursing theory, and clinical expertise are critically evaluated and considered, in conjunction with patient involvement, to provide the delivery of optimum nursing care,” is central to the continued developmen...

Bias in analytic research.

CASE-CONTF~OL studies are highly attractive. They can be executed quickly and at low cost, even when the disorders of interest are rare. Furthermore, the execution of pilot case-control studies is becoming automated; strategies have been devised for the ‘computer scanning’ of large files of hospital admission diagnoses and prior drug exposures, with more detailed analyses carried out in the sam...

Research Bias