What Do the Other Witnesses Say? Corroborating Evidence

Abstract This analogy also holds for research studies. Some studies are so well done that their evidence alone would be enough to convince you. Other studies, however, provide only weak evidence. But when this evidence is combined with other information, the evidence can become quite strong. Sir Aus...

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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780198567608.003.0004 2023-12-31T10:07:22+01:00 What Do the Other Witnesses Say? Corroborating Evidence Simon, Stephen D 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198567608.003.0004 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52351013/isbn-9780198567608-book-part-4.pdf unknown Oxford University PressOxford Statistical Evidence in Medical Trials page 83-100 ISBN 9780198567608 9781383029765 book-chapter 2006 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198567608.003.0004 2023-12-06T08:57:49Z Abstract This analogy also holds for research studies. Some studies are so well done that their evidence alone would be enough to convince you. Other studies, however, provide only weak evidence. But when this evidence is combined with other information, the evidence can become quite strong. Sir Austin Bradford Hill outlined a series of tests that you could use to evaluate whether an association between an environmental factor and disease was credible (Hill 1965). These criteria are not perfect. A strong criticism of Hill’s criteria appear in a classic textbook on epidemiology by Kenneth Rothman and Sander Greenland (Rothmann 1998). Rothman and Greenland point out that none of Hill’s criteria (with the exception of temporality) are necessary or sufficient for establishing cauastion. Book Part Greenland Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 83 100
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description Abstract This analogy also holds for research studies. Some studies are so well done that their evidence alone would be enough to convince you. Other studies, however, provide only weak evidence. But when this evidence is combined with other information, the evidence can become quite strong. Sir Austin Bradford Hill outlined a series of tests that you could use to evaluate whether an association between an environmental factor and disease was credible (Hill 1965). These criteria are not perfect. A strong criticism of Hill’s criteria appear in a classic textbook on epidemiology by Kenneth Rothman and Sander Greenland (Rothmann 1998). Rothman and Greenland point out that none of Hill’s criteria (with the exception of temporality) are necessary or sufficient for establishing cauastion.
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