Compliance, concordance, adherence–a history of related terms In the 1979 paper in which he outlined a number of biases that can affect research studies, David Sackett included Read MoreDavid Nunan 17 Jul 2023
A taxonomy of biases: progress report The Taxonomy team (Jeffrey Aronson, Douglas Badenoch, Jon Brassey, Iain Chalmers, Claire Friedemann Smith, and David Nunan) update us on Read MoreDavid Nunan 11 Feb 2020
Big is not always beautiful: the Apple Heart Study Ami Banerjee blogs about the Apple Heart Study and what the results mean What a gift. During our fourth away Read MoreCarl Heneghan 14 Nov 2019
Separating the wheat from the bias Ami Banerjee blogs on how the Catalogue of Bias can help us sift out the good information when reading about Read MoreDavid Nunan 9 Oct 2019
A taxonomy of biases in healthcare research: first thoughts Jeffrey K Aronson, Douglas Badenoch, Jon Brassey, Iain Chalmers, Claire Friedemann Smith, Emily McFadden and David Nunan blog about creating Read MoreDavid Nunan 1 Apr 2019
Finding the ‘little key’ and the origins of the ‘Catalog’ In the ‘About’ page of our Catalogue we state the following: Sackett recognised the importance of bias in research. His Read MoreDavid Nunan 13 Mar 2019
Association or causation? How do we ever know? Hopin Lee, Jeffrey K Aronson and David Nunan blog about how to tell when an association does and does not Read MoreDavid Nunan 5 Mar 2019
Big Data: Big bias? Ami Banerjee blogs about the Catalogue of Bias teams work to document the potential sources of bias in Big Data Read MoreCarl Heneghan 1 Mar 2019
A Word About Evidence: 6. Bias — a proposed definition Following the recent launch of the Catalogue of Bias on the website of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Jeff Aronson Read MoreCarl Heneghan 15 Jun 2018
A Word About Evidence: 5. Bias—previous definitions Following the recent launch of the Catalogue of Bias on the website of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Jeff Aronson Read MoreCarl Heneghan 20 Apr 2018
A Word About Evidence: 4. Bias—etymology and usage Following the recent launch of the Catalogue of Bias on the website of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Jeff Aronson Read MoreCarl Heneghan 10 Apr 2018
The Dunning-Kruger Effect Are your evidence appraisals a victim of the Dunning-Kruger effect… or are you just better than the rest? Thomas Frost Read MoreCarl Heneghan 22 Mar 2018
Thomas Frost: What do we mean by bias How many doctors would go one step further and talk to their patients about research bias? discusses Thomas Frost Read MoreCarl Heneghan 27 Feb 2018
Better late than never: “Looking back, one thing that would have been especially useful is a list of key biases in health research, with real-world examples, Read MoreCarl Heneghan 17 Jan 2018
Introduction to the Catalogue of Bias The Catalogue of Bias has been conceived as a response to David Sackett’s 1979 paper in the Journal of Chronic Read MoreMinervation 13 Nov 2017
