Explaining computation of predictive values: 2 × 2 table versus frequency tree. A randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN74278823]

BACKGROUND: Involving patients in decision making on diagnostic procedures requires a basic level of statistical thinking. However, innumeracy is prevalent even among physicians. In medical teaching the 2 × 2 table is widely used as a visual help for computations whereas in psychology the frequency...

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Main Authors: Steckelberg, Anke, Balgenorth, Andrea, Berger, Jürgen, Mühlhauser, Ingrid
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2004
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC514564/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15301689
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-4-13
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