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Train the Trainer Course book - Cochrane Public Health Group

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Odds ratios<br />

The ratio of <strong>the</strong> odds of an event (eg. prevention of smoking, unintended pregnancy) in <strong>the</strong><br />

intervention group to <strong>the</strong> odds of an event in <strong>the</strong> control group.<br />

p-value<br />

The probability (from 0 to 1) that <strong>the</strong> results observed in a study could have occurred by chance. They<br />

are used a benchmark of how confident we can be in a particular result. You will often see statements<br />

like ‘this result was significant at p

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