Volume 4, issue 1, December 2004
30 articles in this issue
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A suite of web applications to streamline the interdisciplinary collaboration in secondary data analyses
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ricardo Pietrobon
- Ulrich Guller
- Danny O Jacobs
- Content type: Database
- Open Access
- Published: 14 December 2004
- Article: 29
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A survey of statistics in three UK general practice journal
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Alan S Rigby
- Gillian K Armstrong
- Nick Summerton
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2004
- Article: 28
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Proportional odds ratio model for comparison of diagnostic tests in meta-analysis
Authors
- Mir Said Siadaty
- Jianfen Shu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2004
- Article: 27
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Random allocation software for parallel group randomized trials
Authors
- Mahmood Saghaei
- Content type: Software
- Open Access
- Published: 09 November 2004
- Article: 26
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"Any other comments?" Open questions on questionnaires – a bane or a bonus to research?
Authors
- Alicia O'Cathain
- Kate J Thomas
- Content type: Debate
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2004
- Article: 25
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The fallacy of enrolling only high-risk subjects in cancer prevention trials: Is there a "free lunch"?
Authors
- Stuart G Baker
- Barnett S Kramer
- Donald Corle
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 October 2004
- Article: 24
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Participant characteristics associated with withdrawal from a large randomized trial of spermicide effectiveness
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Elizabeth G Raymond
- Pai Lien Chen
- Richard Blackwell
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 October 2004
- Article: 23
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A systematic review of the content of critical appraisal tools
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Persis Katrak
- Andrea E Bialocerkowski
- Karen A Grimmer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 September 2004
- Article: 22
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Cluster randomised trials in the medical literature: two bibliometric surveys
Authors
- J Martin Bland
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 August 2004
- Article: 21
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Publication bias in situ
Authors
- Carl V Phillips
- Content type: Debate
- Open Access
- Published: 05 August 2004
- Article: 20
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Assessing harmful effects in systematic Reviews
Authors
- Heather M McIntosh
- Nerys F Woolacott
- Anne-Marie Bagnall
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 July 2004
- Article: 19
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Evaluating heterogeneity in cumulative meta-analyses
Authors
- Elmer V Villanueva
- Silva Zavarsek
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 July 2004
- Article: 18
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Meta-analytic methods for pooling rates when follow-up duration varies: a case study
Authors
- James P Guevara
- Jesse A Berlin
- Fredric M Wolf
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 July 2004
- Article: 17
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WHO systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity: methodological issues and challenges
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- A Metin Gülmezoglu
- Lale Say
- Gilda Piaggio
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 July 2004
- Article: 16
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The Platino project: methodology of a multicenter prevalence survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in major Latin American cities
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ana MB Menezes
- Cesar G Victora
- the PLATINO Team
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 17 June 2004
- Article: 15
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The level of non-citation of articles within a journal as a measure of quality: a comparison to the impact factor
Authors
- Andy R Weale
- Mick Bailey
- Paul A Lear
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 May 2004
- Article: 14
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Incongruence between test statistics and P values in medical papers
Authors
- Emili GarcÃa-Berthou
- Carles Alcaraz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 May 2004
- Article: 13
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Comparing breast cancer mortality rates before-and-after a change in availability of screening in different regions: Extension of the paired availability design
Authors
- Stuart G Baker
- Barrett S Kramer
- Philip C Prorok
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 May 2004
- Article: 12
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The rating reliability calculator
Authors
- David J Solomon
- Content type: Software
- Open Access
- Published: 29 April 2004
- Article: 11
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What is the value of social values? The uselessness of assessing health-related quality of life through preference measures
Authors
- Luis Prieto
- José A Sacristán
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 April 2004
- Article: 10
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Intracluster correlation coefficients in cluster randomized trials: empirical insights into how should they be reported
Authors
- Marion K Campbell
- Jeremy M Grimshaw
- Diana R Elbourne
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 April 2004
- Article: 9
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Patient recruitment to a randomized clinical trial of behavioral therapy for chronic heart failure
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Bei-Hung Chang
- Ann M Hendricks
- Joseph S Locastro
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 April 2004
- Article: 8
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Binary classification of dyslipidemia from the waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index: a comparison of linear, logistic, and CART models
Authors
- Michael C Costanza
- Fred Paccaud
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 April 2004
- Article: 7
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The role of the clinical research coordinator – data manager – in oncology clinical trials
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Fernando Rico-Villademoros
- Teresa Hernando
- Rafael Rosell
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 March 2004
- Article: 6
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Finding qualitative research: an evaluation of search strategies
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Rachel L Shaw
- Andrew Booth
- Mary Dixon-Woods
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 March 2004
- Article: 5
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Can the caged bird sing? Reflections on the application of qualitative research methods to case study design in homeopathic medicine
Authors
- Trevor DB Thompson
- Content type: Debate
- Open Access
- Published: 09 February 2004
- Article: 4
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Composition of the editorial boards of leading medical education journals
Authors
- Oktay Tutarel
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 January 2004
- Article: 3
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Cluster randomized trial of an active, multifaceted information dissemination intervention based on The WHO Reproductive health library to change obstetric practices: methods and design issues [ISRCTN14055385]
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- A Metin Gülmezoglu
- José Villar
- Ana Langer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 January 2004
- Article: 2
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Erratum to: A simple method for analyzing data from a randomized trial with a missing binary outcome
Authors
- Stuart G Baker
- Laurence S Freedman
- Content type: Erratum
- Open Access
- Published: 07 January 2004
- Article: 1