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This glossary is
mostly derived from on the website of Bandolier EBM Glossary
(©1994-2005). We have also draw upon statistical terms and additional
terms used in this training from other sources. Please refer to the
reference section for the complete citations.
Glossary
Index
A
Absolute risk
reduction (ARR)/increase
B
Bias
Blinding
C
Case-control study
Case report
Case series
Chi-square
Client Oriented
Practice Evidence Search (COPES)
Clinical significance
Clinical trial
Clinical practice guideline
Cohort study
Confidence interval
Control
Control event rate
COPES (Client
Oriented Practical Evidence Search)
Cost-benefit analysis
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Cost minimization analysis
Cost utility analysis
Critical appraisal
Crossover study design
Cross-sectional study
Cumulative meta-analysis
D
Decision analysis (or clinical decision analysis)
Degrees of freedom
Duplication
E
Early detection
Ecological survey
Effect size
Empirical
Epidemiology
Error (in testing)
Event rate
Evidence-based health care
Evidence-based medicine
Experimental event rate
F
Frequencies
G
Gold standard
Guideline
H
I
Incidence
Intention-to-treat analysis
Independence
L
Likelihood ratio
Longitudinal study
M
Mean, Median, Mode
Meta-analysis
Mortality reduction
N
N-of-1 trials
Null hypothesis
Number of days/years gained or lost
Number needed to treat (NNT)
Number needed to harm (NNH)
O
Observational study
Odds
Odds ratio
P
P value
Peer review
Placebo
Point estimate
Pre and post
test odds
Pre and
post test probability
Positive predictive value
Precision
Prevalence
Probability
Program budgeting and marginal analysis
Prospective study
Protocol
Prior probability
Posterior probability
Q
Quasi-random
allocation
Qualitative and quantitative research
Quality of life
Quality scoring
R
Randomization (or random allocation)
Randomized controlled clinical trial
(RCT)
Regression
Retrospective study
Risk factor
Risk ratio or relative risk
Relative risk reduction
Relative frequencies
Reporting quality
S
Screening
Sensitivity
Selection bias
Selection criteria
Sensitivity analysis
Size
Spectrum bias
Specificity
Statistical power
Statistical significance
Stratified randomization
Surrogate endpoint or outcome
Systematic review
T
U
Uncertainty
Utility
V
Validity
Variable
Variance
W
Weighted mean or weighted mean difference
References
EBM Glossary.
(2005). Retrieved August 10, 2005, from Bandolier Web site:
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/glossary.html
Gibbs, L. (2003). Evidence-based
practice for the helping professions: A practical guide with integrated
multimedia, Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/ Cole.
Patten, M. L. (2002). Understanding
research methods: An Overview of the essentials (3rd ed.). Los
Angeles: Pyrczak Publishing.
*Descriptions of
web sites are either direct quotes or adaptations from those provided on
the respective sites.
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