The transitive fallacy for randomized trials: If A bests B and B bests C in separate trials, is A better than C?
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>If intervention A bests B in one randomized trial, and B bests C in another randomized trial, can one conclude that A is better than C? The problem was motivated by the planning of a randomized trial, where A is spiral-CT screening,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2002-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/2/13 |