Problem
I. Researchers at UniSA measured the risk of bowel cancer occurring in people who consumed large amounts of red and processed meats. The risk ratio from that research was 1.77 and the Number Needed to Treat was 7.1. Interpret these values for Risk Ratio and Number Needed to Treat.
II. Your lecturer states that when initially testing for a disease, a diagnostic test with higher specificity is better as it is likely to be cheaper, less invasive and widely implementable.
Do you agree or disagree with your lecturer and justify your answer.
III. What is a hierarchy of evidence and of all the hierarchies of evidence, which is the best one
IV. In qualitative research, it is important participants' voices are wholly captured, verified by participants and reported with sufficient detail.
List two rigour strategies that could be used to ensure this occurs in qualitative research
V. You and your mate are preparing for the final iEBP exam.
During your revision, your mate tells you that there are systematic reviews that may or may not contain a meta-analysis. However, it is very unlikely that there will be a meta-analysis without a systematic review.
Do you agree or disagree with her? Justify your answer