PHLB09H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Alternative Hypothesis, Sertraline, Structural Inequality
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Benjamin freedman (equipoise and the ethics of clinical research): For example, in the case of two different ways to proceed with a surgery: p-values: is a standard statistical measure of evidence in favour of the hypothesis being tested in a study. This contrasts with the null hypothesis: trial of alternative treatments for breast cancer: is a clinical trial known as nsabp. B-06 that was conducted in the early 1980s. For example, blood pressure or tumour size: the null hypothesis is simple, the clinical choice is complex, portmanteau measure: is a combination of two or more simple variables to form a compound variable. Miller and brody (a critique of clinical equipoise therapeutic misconceptions in the. However, this ethical perspective conflates (merges) them: therapeutic misconception: is the mistaken belief that is common amongst research subjects where purely scientific elements of a clinical trial are designed to benefit the research subject.
