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How to Obtain NNT from Cohen's d: Comparison of Two Methods

BACKGROUND: In the literature we find many indices of size of treatment effect (effect size: ES). The preferred index of treatment effect in evidence-based medicine is the number needed to treat (NNT), while the most common one in the medical literature is Cohen's d when the outcome is continuo...

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Autores principales: Furukawa, Toshi A., Leucht, Stefan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3083419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21556361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019070