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Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 6   EBP 0821 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Why an Appraiser Needs Statistics

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The idea

Appraisal needs enough statistics to answer question two — what are the results — because a result is a size and a precision, not a direction.

In practice

A study reporting how much an outcome changed and how tightly that was pinned down.

Where people slip

Skipping the numbers means accepting the authors' summary of their own findings.

Your place on the trail

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