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Research Methods topics tagged number needed to treat

Topics in Research Methods carrying the tag number needed to treat. Absolute benefit expressed usefully.

14 topics

Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
[2026 update] Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support number needed to treat effect size worked example heterogeneity Posting this under the heading it deserves: Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting a small dataset on Correlation. It is mine, it is…		2	31k	6h
Second pass at: Absence of evidence and evidence of absence worked example confounding number needed to treat On the subject in the title: Second pass at: Absence of evidence and evidence of absence Working notes rather than a conclusion. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on Absence of evidence,…	+50	55	18k	16h
Sample size intuition for a personal experiment — does this still hold? effect size heterogeneity number needed to treat Solved Sample size intuition for a personal experiment — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Reading back through what has been written…	+33	38	26k	23d
What a confidence interval means, from scratch number needed to treat confounding worked example heterogeneity What a confidence interval means, from scratch — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Asking about confidence interval directly, because I have read four…		2	2.6k	2mo
Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation — the long version number needed to treat worked example heterogeneity effect size Solved On the subject in the title: Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. A narrow question about Measurement error in home…	+96	105	2k	2mo
Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation effect size heterogeneity number needed to treat confounding Solved Wiki Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. What changes if the standard account of measurement error…	+26	31	4.3k	4mo
Absence of evidence and evidence of absence effect size worked example number needed to treat Absence of evidence and evidence of absence Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Asking about absence of evidence on behalf of the question I keep seeing asked…	+16	20	3.9k	5mo
Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation — a second dataset effect size confounding heterogeneity number needed to treat Solved Measurement error in home scales, with a worked standard deviation — a second dataset — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting a small dataset on Measurement error in home…		2	13k	7mo
About the Statistics category effect size number needed to treat heterogeneity Pinned Wiki Effect sizes, intervals, multiplicity, and the difference between absent and undetected. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its…	+4	8	2.3k	7mo
What a confidence interval means, from scratch — the long version effect size worked example confounding number needed to treat The question in the title: What a confidence interval means, from scratch — the long version I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Asking about confidence interval directly,…	+16	20	2.3k	8mo
Regression to the mean in progress reports number needed to treat heterogeneity confounding effect size On the subject in the title: Regression to the mean in progress reports Working notes rather than a conclusion. Something about regression does not reconcile and I would like a second pair of eyes before I…	+30	34	49k	12mo
Second pass at: Multiplicity when you track fifteen variables number needed to treat confounding effect size worked example Posting this under the heading it deserves: Second pass at: Multiplicity when you track fifteen variables Everything below is what sits behind that. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on…		2	12k	18mo
Sample size intuition for a personal experiment number needed to treat heterogeneity confounding effect size On the subject in the title: Sample size intuition for a personal experiment Working notes rather than a conclusion. A follow-up question about sample size intuition that I did not know to ask the first time.…		4	62k	18mo
Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support effect size heterogeneity worked example number needed to treat Closed Correlation in a self-tracked dataset: what it can support — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting a small dataset on correlation. It is mine, it is uncontrolled, and the…	+152	166	48k	23mo

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