SHOULD BLOCKS BE FIXED OR RANDOM?

Should I Use Fixed or Random Effects?

Empirical analyses in political science very commonly confront data that are grouped— multiple votes by individual legislators, multiple years in individual states, multiple conflicts during individual years, and so forth. Modeling these data presents a series of potential challenges, of which accounting for differences across the groups is perhaps the most well-known. Two widely-used methods a...

Different Stroke Scales; Which Scale or Scales Should Be Use?

Background: There has been considerable development in the clinometric of stroke. But, researcher is concerned that some scales are too generic, inherently and the insight may not be provided. The current study was conducted to determine which scale or scales should be used in stroke survivors. Methods: We selected 67 studies which published between January 2010 and December 2018 from Up to d...

Aortic Root Replacement : Should the valve be fixed or spared ?

Despite the frequency of aortic valve (AV) surgery, techniques for AV repair have been adopted more slowly by surgeons when compared to repair techniques for the mitral valve. Undoubtedly the fact that the majority of AV operations are performed to relieve stenosis explains higher rates of AV replacement and reduced opportunities for repair experience. However there is growing recognition that ...

Pelvic ring fractures: should they be fixed?

The management of traumatic disruption of the pelvic ring has become a focus of interest, the main question being whether such disruptions should be stabilised at operation. Stabilisation may be important for the survival of the patient, as has been suggested for femoral fractures, and it may also be desirable to improve the long-term functional results of such injuries. It is therefore necessa...

Which of them should be trained cardiology residents, TEE or eFoCUS?