Baseline comparisons and covariate fishing: bad statistical habits we should have broken yesterday

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Abstract

Checks on baseline differences in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are often done using null-hypothesis significance tests (NHSTs). However, the use of NHSTs to establish the degree of baseline similarity is inappropriate, potentially misleading, and, simply, logically incoherent.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-209
Number of pages5
JournalThe European Health Psychologist
Volume18
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 8 Nov 2016
Externally publishedYes

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