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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Influence of the statistical significance of results and spin on readers’ interpretation of the results in an abstract for a hypothetical clinical trial: a randomised trial.

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2022 Apr 08


BMJ Open


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35396295?dopt=Abstract


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Influence of the statistical significance of results and spin on readers’ interpretation of the results in an abstract for a hypothetical clinical trial: a randomised trial.

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Influence of the statistical significance of results and spin on readers' interpretation of the results in an abstract for a hypothetical clinical trial: a randomised trial.
Jankowski S, Boutron I, Clarke M
BMJ Open. 2022 Apr 08; 12(4):e056503.
PMID: 35396295.

Abstract

To assess the impact on readers' interpretation of the results reported in an abstract for a hypothetical clinical trial with (1) a statistically significant result (SSR), (2) spin, (3) both an SSR and spin compared with (4) no spin and no SSR.
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