How to obtain NNT from Cohen's d: comparison of two methods.
<h4>Background</h4>In the literature we find many indices of size of treatment effect (effect size: ES). The preferred index of treatment effect in evidence-based medicine is the number needed to treat (NNT), while the most common one in the medical literature is Cohen's d when the...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-04-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21556361/?tool=EBI |