A nuts and bolts tutorial on how to read a forest plot, featuring a couple of exercises so that you can test your own understanding.
If you were asked, “What are the most important aspects to clinical trials to remember?” what would you convey to your audience? A project funded by the EU has tried to do just that in an educational video published late last year.
Open Access Button is an online tool to help the public deal with the frustration of encountering journal paywalls by mapping out incidences of paywalls and finding Open Access alternatives. This blog explores its background and its beginnings.
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A beginner’s guide to standard deviation and standard error: what are they, how are they different and how do you calculate them?
When you see a claim that a treatment or intervention has no effect, it is important to examine the evidence as this may be a misleading statement.
This blog provides a detailed overview of the concept of ‘blinding’ in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). It covers what blinding is, common methods of blinding, why blinding is important, and what researchers might do when blinding is not possible. It also explains the concept of allocation concealment.