Critical appraisal skills are essential to informed decision-making

Whenever a trial is conducted, there are three possible explanations for the results: a) findings are correct (truth), b) represents random variation (chance) or c) they are influenced by systematic error (bias). Random error is deviation from the ‘truth’ and happens due to play of chance (e.g. tria...

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Main Authors: Mhaskar, Rahul, Emmanuel, Patricia, Mishra, Shobha, Patel, Sangita, Naik, Eknath, Kumar, Ambuj
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Medknow Publications 2009
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168054/