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Table 16.4.a: Some possible data available from the report of a cross-over trial

Data relate to

Core statistics

Related, commonly-reported statistics

Intervention E

N, ME, SDE

Standard error of ME.

Intervention C

N, MC, SDC

Standard error of MC.

Difference between E and C

N, MD, SDdiff

Standard error of MD;

Confidence interval for MD;

Paired t-statistic;

P value from paired t-test.