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January 24, 2018Evidence-Based Medicine

Catalogue of bias: observer bias

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KMKamal R MahtaniESElizabeth SpencerJBJon Brassey

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Observer bias may exaggerate treatment effects by one-third to two-thirds; leaves open optimal masking protocols across study designs.

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Mahtani et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a752d69756843cacbb1ec4ehttps://doi.org/10.1136/ebmed-2017-110884
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