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Effect of regression to the mean on decision making in health care
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Knowledge of regression to the mean can help with everything from interpreting test results to improving your career prospects.All healthcare professionals should be aware of its implications Regression to the mean is a widespread statistical phenomenon with potentially serious implications for health care.It can result in wrongly concluding that an effect is due to treatment when it is due to chance.Ignorance of the problem will lead to errors in decision making.We discuss the importance of the issue and its effects on many common clinical, public health, and managerial decisions.
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- Authors
- Morton, V., & Torgerson, D. J.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2003-05-15
- Volume
- 326
- Issue
- 7398
- Pages
- 1083-1084
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- OpenAlex
- W2118366674
- Cited by
- 303
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 15.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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