Research
Adequacy of control strategies in a selected sample of contemporary high-impact medical studies
Nature ·
The Brief
- A study published in Scientific Reports, a Nature-family journal, examines the adequacy of control strategies in a selected sample of contemporary high-impact medical studies.
- The headline reports that the analysis finds these control strategies often inadequate.
- The source material available here contains only the title and feed listing, so the sample size and methods are not described.
Why it matters
Control groups underpin causal claims in medical research, so whether high-impact studies use adequate controls bears directly on how far their conclusions can be trusted.
Who’s affected
- clinical researchers
- readers of high-impact medical studies
- #research methods
- #control groups
- #medical research
- #study design
Timeline
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Adequacy of control strategies in a selected sample of contemporary high-impact medical studies