a: control group ~
b: the study group
What:
"In a nutshell, this means that there is a control group of identical patients that does not receive the treatment of interest. The control group is like the study group in every other measurable way that might be relevant, such as average age, coexisting diagnoses, average weight, fraction that smoke, etc."
Useful?
Writer: Yaybob
LCC:
Where:
Date: Jan 8 2015 7:20 PM
# 6962 Critique Analogy