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. 2005 May 7;330(7499):1057-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.38413.576713.AE. Epub 2005 Mar 10.

Adequacy and reporting of allocation concealment: review of recent trials published in four general medical journals

Catherine Hewitt  1 , Seokyung Hahn, David J Torgerson, Judith Watson, J Martin Bland
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Adequacy and reporting of allocation concealment: review of recent trials published in four general medical journals

Catherine Hewitt et al. BMJ. .
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Distribution of P values by adequacy of allocation concealment. As the P values were highly positively skewed, the data were transformed using the logit function. The vertical lines represent mean P values for trials using adequate or inadequate concealment
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