The Same Epidemiologic Question Regarding the Effectiveness of a Treatment

question 2

Multiple Choice

The same epidemiologic question regarding the effectiveness of a treatment can be addressed by several studies.Often,there are inconsistencies between such studies.What can be done when such discrepancies are found?

• A) Trust the study done by senior researchers.
• B) Trust the study with bigger sample size.
• C) Conduct a systematic review with a meta-analysis.
• D) Trust the study that makes more sense.
• E) None of the previous.

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