Correction: The transitive fallacy for randomized trials: If A bests B and B bests C in separate trials, is A better than C?

نویسندگان

  • Stuart G Baker
  • Barnett S Kramer
چکیده

"BioMed Central will be the most significant development for disseminating the results of biomedical researc h in our lifetime." kindly pointed out that in the paragraph prior to the conclusion, it should read "Figure 3" instead of "Figure 2" and that in the last two sentences of that paragraph, it should read "gram-positive" instead of "gram-negative" [1]. article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

The transitive fallacy for randomized trials: If A bests B and B bests C in separate trials, is A better than C?

BACKGROUND If intervention A bests B in one randomized trial, and B bests C in another randomized trial, can one conclude that A is better than C? The problem was motivated by the planning of a randomized trial, where A is spiral-CT screening, B is x-ray screening, and C is no screening. On its surface, this would appear to be a straightforward application of the transitive principle of logic. ...

متن کامل

Evaluation of task complexity with using the number of practice trails

The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of the number of practice trials in determining the degree of task complexity. Sixty subjects according to the types of tasks (A-B) and receiving feedback (100%, omitted, self-control) were randomly divided into six groups.All of the subjects practiced 100 trials tasks in each day on first two days. Retention tests were performed during...

متن کامل

Management accounting research methodologies: searching for the bests

Management needs qualitative and comprehensive information for decision making. Managers are always searching for useful information in order to reach their firm's goals and strategies. The development in technology, globalization and focusing on costumers needs has changed the information that managers need to maintain their position in a competitive environment and take advantage of profitabl...

متن کامل

The transitive property across randomized controlled trials: if B is better than A, and C is better than B, will C be better than A?

In everyday practice, clinicians are faced with questions on the comparative benefits and risks of the various health interventions available to treat patients. When performed well and reported completely, randomized controlled trials (and systematic reviews of such trials) are generally considered to be the most scientifically rigorous approach to determine whether a cause-effect relationship ...

متن کامل

Blindness in Randomized Controlled Trials

In combination with randomization, blinding or masking is an important factor in randomized controlled trials (RCTs), particularly in trials that assess therapeutic effects. Here an attempt is made to explain blindness and why it is important. In clinical trials, blinding is defined as the condition imposed on a study in which study participants, health care providers and assessors collecting o...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMC Medical Research Methodology

دوره 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003