Testing for baseline differences in randomized controlled trials: an unhealthy research behavior that is hard to eradicate

BACKGROUND: According to the CONSORT statement, significance testing of baseline differences in randomized controlled trials should not be performed. In fact, this practice has been discouraged by numerous authors throughout the last forty years. During that time span, reporting of baseline differen...

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Autores principales: de Boer, Michiel R, Waterlander, Wilma E, Kuijper, Lothar DJ, Steenhuis, Ingrid HM, Twisk, Jos WR
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4310023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25616598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0162-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4310023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25616598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0162-z

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