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Who Really Lives in This Neighborhood?

Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS

Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(2):265-266.

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My ophthalmologic career might well have ended before it truly began. In an editorial prepared as a second-year resident, I decried the sorry state of clinical research (citing the shortcomings of published articles by leading academics) and called for the rigorous application of epidemiologic and statistical principles.¹ Fortunately, those cited withheld retribution and, more often than not, graciously encouraged my efforts.

That led to my preparing a primer on basic epidemiologic and statistical principles for use by ophthalmic investigators (and their readers).² The most basic principle of all was that epidemiology was "a peculiarly thoughtful approach to studies amounting to applied common sense."^2(p3)

Quantitative rigor and "common sense" now permeate ophthalmic research and are responsible for a significant share of our understanding of the magnitude, distribution, causes, and appropriate treatment of disease. But to an alarming degree, growth in the quantity of "epidemiologic" data has diminished . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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