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EBM suggests that swimming in a heated swimming pool (controlled studies) can be the same as swimming in open sea/ocean (applying the result in any possible cas
by tsoukase 5y ago
EBM suggests that swimming in a heated swimming pool (controlled studies) can be the same as swimming in open sea/ocean (applying the result in any possible case)
- FabHK 5y agoThe distinction you allude to is so well known and understood that there are not only papers about it, but also special words to distinguish them: efficacy (performance of an intervention under ideal and controlled circumstances) and effectiveness (performance under ‘real-world' conditions). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3726789/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3726789/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3912314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3912314/
- tsoukase 5y agoThe problem is there is no EBM without p-values and there is no real world without Bayesian reasoning. So, the two are fundamentally disconnected