"How to" Guides

 

 

Guyatt GH. et al. Users' guides to the medical literature. II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention. A. Are the results of the study valid? Journal of the American Medical Association.1993; 270(21):2598.

 

Guyatt GH. Sackett DL. Cook DJ. Users' guides to the medical literature. II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention. B. What were the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? Journal of the American Medical Association. 1994; 271(1):59-63.

 

Oxman AD, Cook DJ, Guyatt GH. Users' guides to the medical literature. VI. How to use an overview. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. Journal of the American Medical Association 1994;272(17):1367-71

 

Barratt A, Irwig L, Glasziou P, Cumming RG, Raffle A, Hicks N, et al. Users' guides to the medical literature: XVII. How to use guidelines and recommendations about screening. Journal of the American Medical Association 1999;281(21):2029-34

 

Barratt A, Wyer PC, Hatala R, McGinn T, Dans AL, Keitz S, Moyer V, Guyatt G. Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 1. Relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction and number needed to treat. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2004; 171: 353-358.

 

New Eng J Med Series on 'Statistics in Practice' (1983-85): See especially those in Vol. Nos. 312/14, 311/3, 309/21, 310/1, 309/22.

 

How to read a paper: Statistics for the non-statistician. I: Different types of data need different statistical tests. British Medical Journal. 1997;315:364.

 

How to read a paper: Statistics for the non-statistician. II: “Significant” relations and their pitfalls. British Medical Journal. 1997;315:422..422.

 

Dallal GE. Compilation of great British Medical Journal articles on the fundamentals of BioStatistics.

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