Journal article
Confidence intervals illuminate absence of evidence
- Abstract:
-
EDITOR—We agree with Alderson that authors should recognise that non-significant results are compatible with a range of possible findings.1 Papers in the same issue of the BMJ do not adhere to this good advice. Koivunen et al concluded that adenoidectomy is not effective and cannot be recommended, yet the 95% confidence interval for further episodes of otitis media is compatible with an 18% absolute risk reduction.2 The clinically important difference sought was a 25% reduction. Kariminia...
Expand abstract
Actions
Access Document
- Files:
-
-
(pdf, 79.6KB)
-
Why is the content I wish to access not available via ORA?
Bibliographic data (the information relating to research outputs) and full-text items (e.g. articles, theses, reports, etc.) arrive in ORA from several different sources. Unfortunately we are not able to make available the full-text for every research output.
Please contact the ORA team (
) if you have queries regarding unavailable content OR if you are aware of a full-text copy we can make available.
) if you have queries regarding unavailable content OR if you are aware of a full-text copy we can make available.
Content may be unavailable for the following four reasons
-
Version unsuitable
-
We have not obtained a suitable full-text for a given research output. See this page for more information.
-
Recently completed
-
Sometimes content is held in ORA but is unavailable for a fixed period of time to comply with the policies and wishes of rights holders.
-
Permissions
-
All content made available in ORA should comply with relevant rights, such as copyright. See this page for more information.
-
Clearance
-
Some thesis volumes scanned as part of the digitisation scheme funded by Dr Leonard Polonsky are currently unavailable due to sensitive material or uncleared third-party copyright content. We are attempting to contact authors whose theses are affected.
Alternative access to the full-text
You may be able to access the full-text directly from the publisher's website using the 'Publisher Copy' link in the 'Links & Downloads' box from a research output's ORA record page. This method may require an institutional or individual subscription to the journal/resource.
Authors
Contributors
Bland, J Martin
Altman, Doug
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Journal:
- British Medical Journal (BMJ)
- Issue:
- 328
- Publication date:
- 2004-01-01
- Source identifiers:
-
http://sers009b.sers.ox.ac.uk/archive/00000918/
Item Description
- Subjects:
- UUID:
-
uuid:63103f0b-1a33-4eaf-a273-ef66b58c1bb5
- Local pid:
- ora:810
- Deposit date:
- 2012-11-15
Terms of use
- Copyright date:
- 2004
If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record