The 2-week duration until the repeat questionnaire distribution was decided on based upon discussion with the statistician, and we also wanted to do it sooner in order to obtain a more reliable result on effects post-intervention.
An even more reliable cuing effect was obtained in Experiment 4. Cued trials produced significantly greater d' in both cases (Tables 3 4).
This standard was also used to include more trials, resulting in a more reliable pooled effect.
Applying time-to-event regression models, properly adjusting for individual covariate information and timing of various events, allows for more precise and reliable effect estimates, as well as painting a more nuanced picture that can aid health care professionals and policy makers.
A major strength of this study is the enlarged sample size, as compared to the previous meta-analysis, and we added 17 newly published case control studies, which provides enhanced statistical power and offers more precise and reliable effect estimates.
Randomized controlled trials, however, have demonstrated that radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has a more reliable local antitumor effect, leading to a lower local tumor progression risk and higher survival rates (6, 7, 8, 9).
This procedure is known as the Heckman two-step correction [ 22], and it was used to provide more reliable estimates for effects of skin erythema on the increase in inflammatory markers levels, and for effects of the latter on the presence of fatigue-related symptoms.
However, they do not seem to be more reliable in estimating effects [ 56, 57] than smaller studies, while at the same time they are costly and complicated.
Some authors even argued that "the overall 'average' result of a randomised clinical trial is usually a more reliable estimate of treatment effect in the various subgroups examined than are the observed effects in individual subgroups"[ 17].
