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1. study participants (subjects*, participants) — 3425 views
   “The people included in a study” … (read more)
2.   statistically significant — 3006 views
   “A result that is unlikely to have happened by chance. The usual threshold for this judgement is a likelihood of less than 5%” … (read more)
3. non-randomized study (non-experimental study, observational study,) — 2742 views
   “A category of studies that does not use random allocation to assign participants to treatment comparison groups” … (read more)
4. research evidence (research findings, research results) — 2740 views
   “The findings of studies, including systematic reviews” … (read more)
5. fair comparisons of treatments — 2591 views
   “Studies designed, conducted, reported and interpreted to minimize bias and the play of chance in measuring treatment effects” … (read more)
6. treatment effect (clinical impact, estimate of effect, impact) — 2319 views
   “Changes (increases or decreases) or differences in health outcomes as a result of treatments” … (read more)
7. benefit (desirable anticipated effect, desirable effect) — 2280 views
   “Difference in outcomes that favours a treatment in a treatment comparison” … (read more)
8. index test — 2264 views
   “A diagnostic test that is being evaluated against a reference standard test in a study of test accuracy” … (read more)
9. margin of error (CI, margin of error,) — 2224 views
   “A measure of uncertainty due to the play of chance” … (read more)
10. cost-effectiveness (cost-utility) — 2218 views
    “The cost of a treatment in relation to its effects” … (read more)