Discussion:
Review an article Death Certificates Are Not Reliable: Revivification of the Autopsy by Keyvan Ravakhah and discuss below:
1. What is the main purpose and hypothesis of the study?
2. Develop a pictorial representation of the relationship between the variables that the authors studied. Include the level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval/ratio) for each identified variable.
3. What statistical test(s) or epidemiological concepts do the author(s) use?
4. Discuss whether the statistical and epidemiological tests were applied correctly?
5. Would you do anything differently from a presentation of results, testing or measurement of variables point of view?
6. What real-life conclusions can be drawn from the study? What does the study mean for patients or practice?