…from Zoe A very valuable ‘source’ forwarded this through to me and I thought it was a nice little clip that was worth sharing. The clip is called “Dance of the p value” and it nicely summarises some of the issues associated with solely relying on the p value to interpret data. The question [...]

When the blondes team up you know you are in for a laugh and a good time but put us in situation which is bound by red tape and with no other options… you better just give us a little space. Here is a frustrated rant from Tasha and Zoe. We live in a very [...]

All of us need to get used to the idea of being measured. We get measured every time we ask for funding, go for a job, look for a promotion, apply to be on a committee, compete for an award, seek an appointment etc etc. This means understanding how the measurement systems work is important. [...]

From Leo Last week I have written about trial quality over time, I have tried to convince the ICECReamers that one of the biggest causes of publication of low quality trials is bad editorial policies or bad editorial management (which involves editors and reviewers opinions/decisions). At the moment, we have quite strong evidence that there [...]

By Leo    Every time that I am teaching evidence-based practice to my students on how to conduct randomised controlled trials, I heard questions like: Why trial quality is not getting better over time? Don’t get me (or my students) wrong here: trial quality IS improving over time, but in a very (veeeeeeeery) slow pace. [...]