The myth and fallacy of simple extrapolation in medicine.

Simple extrapolation is the orthodox approach to extrapolating from clinical trials in evidence-based medicine: extrapolate the relative effect size (e.g. the relative risk) from the trial unless there is a compelling reason not to do so. I argue that this method relies on a myth and a fallacy. The...

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Published in:	Synthese Vol. 198; no. 4; pp. 2919 - 2940
Main Author:	Fuller, Jonathan
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Apr2021
Subjects:	Golden ratio Extrapolation Evidence-based medicine Myth Philosophy of medicine Clinical trials
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost