Section outline

  • Lecture: Quantifying the benefits and harms of treatments using RCTS
    RCT checklist; importance of baseline incidence; measures of effect size: Relative risk (RR), relative risk reduction (RRR), Odds ratio (OR), Absolute risk reduction (ARR), Number needed to treat (NNT);   "Back of the Envelope Cost Effectiveness Analysis" 

    Faculty:  Thomas Newman

    Location:  Mission Hall 1400

    • Session Slides:

    • Lec 7 combiningtests and rcts 2016-1027 File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

      EBD, Chapters 8 and 9, View "How do we know what we know? The Impact of Industry Funding on the Clinical Research Literature" presentation, available here:

    • PPT SLIDES FOR HowDoWeKnowWhatWeKnow for CTSI 2012-0717 File

    • Optional Reading: