Statistics: Are you Bayesian or Frequentist? The fastest way to diagnose your statistical alignment Cassie Kozyrkov What if I told you that I can show you the difference between Bayesian and Frequentist statistics with one single coin toss? Before we go any further, the demonstration works best in video form, so don’t read the summary and…
How Britain Became the First Country in the World to Surrender to Covid This is What it Means to Be the Dumbest Country in the World Umair Haque You might have long thought America — or your country — was the dumbest in the world. Ah, my friend. Here’s a situation so surreal that it’s…
How to use likelihood ratios to interpret evidence from randomized trials Thomas V.Perneger Highlights • The likelihood ratio represents evidence from a study about the relative merits of two hypotheses – typically, in a clinical trial, the hypotheses that the new treatment is effective (at a specific level), vs. that it is not. • The likelihood…
Arterial events, venous thromboembolism, thrombocytopenia, and bleeding after vaccination with Oxford-AstraZeneca ChAdOx1-S in Denmark and Norway: population based cohort study Anton Pottegård et al. Objective To assess rates of cardiovascular and haemostatic events in the first 28 days after vaccination with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine ChAdOx1-S in Denmark and Norway and to compare them with rates…
AGA Clinical Practice Update on Chemoprevention for Colorectal Neoplasia: Expert Review Peter S. Liang et al. DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this expert review is to describe the role of medications for the chemoprevention of colorectal neoplasia. Neoplasia is defined as precancerous lesions (e.g., adenoma and sessile serrated lesion) or cancer. The scope of this review…
ACG Clinical Guidelines: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections Colleen R. Kelly, et al. Clostridioides difficile infection occurs when the bacterium produces toxin that causes diarrhea and inflammation of the colon. These guidelines indicate the preferred approach to the management of adults with C. difficile infection and represent the official practice recommendations of…