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CONSORT Statement

EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Frameworks CONSORT Statement The reporting standard for RCTs — a 25-item checklist plus a flow diagram…

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Fixed-Effect vs Random-Effects Models

EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Evidence synthesis Fixed-Effect vs Random-Effects Models The two ways to pool studies in a meta-analysis —…

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Metaregression

EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Evidence synthesis Metaregression Testing whether a study-level characteristic explains why effect sizes differ across studies in…

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Calibration & Discrimination

EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Prediction Calibration & Discrimination The two distinct facets of a prediction model’s accuracy — ranking patients,…

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Derivation & Validation of Prediction Models

EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Prediction Derivation & Validation of Prediction Models Building a model on one dataset, then proving it…

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Clinical Prediction Rules

EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Prediction Clinical Prediction Rules Tools that combine several clinical variables to estimate the probability of a…

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Proportional Hazards Assumption & Competing Risks

EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Survival analysis Proportional Hazards Assumption & Competing Risks Two survival-analysis traps: a hazard ratio that isn’t…

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Cox Proportional-Hazards Model

EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Survival analysis Cox Proportional-Hazards Model A regression for time-to-event data that gives adjusted hazard ratios without…

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Survival Analysis

EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Survival analysis Survival Analysis The family of methods for time-to-event outcomes that properly handles incomplete follow-up…

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Missing Data Handling

EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Statistics Missing Data Handling How a trial deals with patients who drop out — and why…

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