Likewise, students who have invested considerable resources in completing a course assignment might be prone to overestimating their learning outcome; this effect is called ‘effort justification bias’ [8]. Unlike the impact of response shift bias on thentest ratings, the effect of such implicit ...
In a medical context, cognitive bias can lead even seasoned doctors to wrong diagnoses. Example: Cognitive bias in medicineA common mistake in medical diagnosis is the so-called bandwagon effect. This is the tendency to adopt certain behaviors or opinions simply because others are doing so. For...
Orgasm is great, but feeling pressure to have an orgasm, or a certain type of orgasm at a certain time, can make sex stressful and unpleasant. What kind of research is there about orgasms? The historical and social aspects of orgasm can obscure research as researchers may bias responden...
8 types of traditional Chinese medicine injectionCombined with chemotherapyColorectal cancerNetwork meta-analysisEffectivenessSafetyObjective This study conducted a network meta-analysis to comprehensively compare the efficacy and safety of 8 types of traditional Chinese medicine injection combined with ...
Origins of Diagnostic Error JAMA Internal Medicine Comment & Response November 11, 2013 Origins of Diagnostic Error—Reply JAMA Internal Medicine Comment & Response November 11, 2013 Measuring Diagnostic Errors in Primary CareThe First Step on a Path Forward Comment on “Types and Origins of Diagnost...
Participants reported high rates of antibiotic usage in the two weeks preceding sample collection. This may be associated with the high proportion of participants with respiratory symptoms in the same period. However, we cannot rule out reporting bias. We found no association of antibiotic use with...
Participants reported high rates of antibiotic usage in the two weeks preceding sample collection. This may be associated with the high proportion of participants with respiratory symptoms in the same period. However, we cannot rule out reporting bias. We found no association of antibiotic use with...
The Cochrane Risk of Bias tool (RoB 2.0) was used to evaluate the RCT studies included in the NMA, categorizing each study’s overall risk of bias as high, some, or low [65]. Finally, we applied the Confidence in Network Meta-Analysis (CINeMA) framework to assess the confidence in the...
risks of death from breast cancer compared to their white counterparts, across all types of the disease. This disparity isn't just about biology," co-author Paulette Chandler, associate epidemiologist in the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said in a news release...
2) functional effects, (3) splicing effects, (4) population-based features, (5) biochemical properties, and (6) conservation (Additional file1: Table S4-S5). And in our model, we excluded all predicted scores from variant pathogenicity prediction tools to minimize the effects of prior bias....