Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 3 EBP 0362 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Misconception: Finding Nothing Means There Is Nothing
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The idea
An empty result reports on the search as much as on the literature: the source chosen, the terms used and the limits applied all shape what comes back.
In practice
A search returning nothing in one source and several studies in another.
Where people slip
Concluding "no evidence exists" from one search in one source is a claim that search cannot support.
Your place on the trail
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