Study design II. Issues of chance, bias, confounding and contamination

Kate Ann Levin

Study design II. Issues of chance, bias, confounding and contamination

Kate Ann Levin

School of Medicine

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Abstract

In the first article in the series I explained the importance of study design and gave an overview of the main types of design. Here, I describe the ways in which the results of a study may deviate from the truth and the measures that can be taken to help minimise this when designing a study.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	102-103
Journal	Evidence-based Dentistry
Volume	6
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - Dec 2005

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