Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 6 EBP 0849 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Misconception: The Bigger Number Is the Better Result
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The idea
Relative measures produce larger-sounding figures than absolute ones from identical data. The size of the number reports the measure chosen, not the size of the benefit.
In practice
A fifty percent reduction and a one-point difference describing one finding.
Where people slip
This is how a result gets oversold without anyone stating anything false, which is what makes it worth an entry of its own.
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