NEOMED Library: Journal Club Presentation Resources (Statistics Help): Bias / Validity & Clinical Significance / Outcomes

Types of Bias

Aggregation Bias and Ecological Fallacy
Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center, Northern Illinois University.
Article about the Hawthorne Effect
McCarney R, Warner J, Iliffe S, Van Haselen R, Griffin M, Fisher P. The Hawthorne Effect: a randomised, controlled trial. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2007;7:30.
Ascertainment Bias
Field Epidemiology Manual
Ascertainment Bias
Steven M. Carr at Memorial University
Assessing Risk of Bias in Included Studies in a Cochrane Systematic Review
Cochrane Bias Methods Group
Bandolier Bias Guide
Bias, Confounding and Effect Modification
Dr. Eugene Lengerich - Penn State University Eberly College of Science
Bias in Research
Dr. Sandra Burge. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
The Bias of Language
Students 4 Best Evidence
Bias tutorials
Students 4 Best Evidence
Catalogue of Bias
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine and Oxford University
Defining Bias
Students 4 Best Evidence
The File Drawer Problem (Publication Bias)
The Hawthorne Effect
Mark Borigini, M.D. in Psychology Today
The Hawthorne Effect, Pygmalion Effect, Placebo Effect
Draper,S.W. (2002, May 14) The Hawthorne Effect, Pygmalion Effect, Placebo Effect. URL http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/~steve/hawth.html#hawReferences
Immortal Time Bias - Cupid's Lesser-Known Arrow blog post
Statistically Funny by Hilda Bastian
August 14, 2016 post
Lead-Time Bias
PubMed Health
Non-response Bias Versus Response Bias
BMJ 2014;348:g2573
Response bias / ascertainment bias / detection bias
Observer Bias
SAGE Research Methods
Primer on Lead-Time, Length, and Overdiagnosis Biases
American College of Physicians
Publication Bias
John Brignell - Number Watch
Sampling Bias
Online Statistics Education: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study - David M. Lane (Rice University). Developed by Rice University (Lead Developer), University of Houston Clear Lake, and Tufts University
Screening Bias
Includes lead-time bias
Dr. Eugene Lengerich - Penn State University Eberly College of Science
Selection Bias, Berkson Bias, Surveillance Bias
University of Chicago Illinois
Sketchy EBM
Animations about EBM topics
Study Design II. Issues of Chance, Bias, Confounding and Contamination
Levin KA. Study design II. Issues of chance, bias, confounding and contamination. Evid Based Dent. 2005;6(4):102-3.
Two Research Fallacies (Ecological Fallacy & Exception Fallacy)
Research Methods Knowledge Base
Types of Reporting Bias
Cochrane Bias Methods Group
Understanding the Difference Between Reporting Bias and Publiation Bias
McGauran N, Wieseler B, Kreis J, Schüler Y-B, Kölsch H, Kaiser T. Reporting bias in medical research - a narrative review. Trials. 2010;11:37.
Varieties of Bias to Guard Against
MedicalBiostatistics.com
What is Recall Bias?
Sedgwick P. What is recall bias? BMJ. 2012;344:e3519

Validity & Clinical Significance

Bandolier On Quality and Validity
External Validity of Randomised Controlled Trials: "To Whom Do the Results of This Trial Apply?"
Rothwell PM. External validity of randomised controlled trials: "to whom do the results of this trial apply?". Lancet. 2005;365(9453):82-93. Article available to NEOMED library patrons. Access is available upon authentication.
FRISBEE: Does the study fly in the face of evidence-based medicine?
Xiong GL, Adams J. FRISBEE: Does the study fly in the face of evidence-based medicine? Current Psychiatry. 2007 Dec;6(12):96.
The Importance of Clinical Significance
YouTube Video. Maureen Dobbins, Ph.D., National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools.
The Importance of External Validity
Steckler A, McLeroy KR. The importance of external validity. Am J Public Health 2008;98(1):9-10.
Internal and External Validity
Internal and External Validity: General Issues
Developed by: W. Huitt, J. Hummel, D. Kaeck
Internal Validity
Research Methods Knowledge Base

End Points/ Outcomes

CEBM's COMPare Project
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Outcomes Monitoring Project: Tracking Switched Outcomes in Clinical Trials
Surrogate Endpoints in EBM: What are the Benefits and Dangers?
Students 4 Best Evidence
Surrogate Endpoints: Pitfalls of Easier Questions
Students 4 Best Evidence
POEMS and DOEs
Office of Medical education Research and Development - Michigan State University
DOO, POO and You: Getting on the Same Page as your Patients
Frenz D, Beattie J. DOO, POO and you: getting on the same page as your patients. Today's Hospitalist [Internet]. 2014 Jul. Available from: http://www.todayshospitalist.com/index.php?b=articles_read&cnt=1901
Primary vs. Secondary Endpoints and Sub-group Analyses
General Practice Notebook

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Journal Club Presentation Resources (Statistics Help): Bias / Validity & Clinical Significance / Outcomes

Types of Bias

Validity & Clinical Significance

End Points/ Outcomes