A beginner’s guide to confounding
This blog introduces you to the concept of confounding. There is a clear explanation and then examples and methods to minimise the effect of confounding during study design and statistical analysis.
S4BE has now moved to a Cochrane Account login system.
If you are a new user to S4BE, please follow this link to the ‘Register’ pages.
If you already have an S4BE login, to enable continued full access to the S4BE website you will need to create a Cochrane Account. Here’s what you need to do:
Register to become an S4BE Contributor
This blog introduces you to the concept of confounding. There is a clear explanation and then examples and methods to minimise the effect of confounding during study design and statistical analysis.
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can be subject to different kinds of bias. Read about different sources of bias in this blog and how much the magnitude of effect can be changed by the presence of bias.
This new webpage from Cochrane UK is aimed at students of all ages. What is evidence-based practice? What is ‘best available research evidence’? Which resources will help you understand evidence and evidence-based practice, and search for evidence?