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Just as a weak study design can sabotage one's publication options, so can weak statistical inference.
Many are single case studies, some quite anecdotal, while others are biased or characterised by a weak study design.
Although the current study is small and utilizes a weak study design, its value is in the new ideas it espouses to maximize EN delivery to critically ill patients.
Six factors can lower our confidence in estimates of the impacts of a policy or programme [ 12]: A weak study design Other study limitations Imprecision Inconsistent results Indirectness of the evidence Publication bias An assessment of these factors is inevitably technical.
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Furthermore, our study focuses on controlled trials, rather than on evaluations with a weaker study designs, because we were interested to learn which quality improvement strategies had been evaluated most rigorously.
An additional literature search was performed to identify promising strategies that were not included in the systematic review (e.g., evaluated with a weaker study design than RCTs) or not evaluated yet (e.g., local initiatives).
Just as a bad film can boost its audience with a famous actor, so can a scientifically weak study from a bigwig attract attention from big journals.
A survey is a relatively weak study design.
Many of such excluded CPW evaluations claimed to provide evidence for the effectiveness of the pathway intervention under consideration but, with a methodologically weak study design, it remains unclear if the reported effect was really attributable to the CPW effectiveness or any other unknown factors.
Of the studies that did not find an association, two had weak study designs, including one small cross-sectional study.
Only a few methodologically weak studies were identified relating to the prevalence of nosocomial RVGE among children hospitalized for other conditions, or the proportion of acute nosocomial gastroenteritis that was due to rotavirus.
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