Skill of interpreting imperfect investigations

Published Date: 19th July 2016

Publication Authors: McNulty SJ, Williams S

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Shuster suggests that clinicians should direct their efforts away from encouraging a deeper understanding of statistics towards searching for better investigations that will give a definitive answer, yes or no.1 To strive for a test that is 100% sensitive and specific, with a 100% positive and negative predictive value, though admirable, is probably futile, so clinicians should be trained to interpret better the …

McNulty, SJ; Williams, P. (2011).  Risk illiteracy rides again: Skill of interpreting imperfect investigations . BMJ. 342 (7807)

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