TY  - JOUR
T1  - REducing treatment delay and improving diagnostic accuracy for patients with acute stroke
AU  - Stolz JL
Y1  - 1999/01/06
N1  - 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-1-jbk0106
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 31
EP  - 34
VL  - 281
IS  - 1
N2  - 
Their sample of 36 board-certified general radiologists is flawed.
There is no documentation to indicate that those chosen to participate
represent an appropriate sample of the type of general radiologist that
would be responsible for interpreting emergency cranial CTs in most
clinical situations. Their data are therefore suspect, and the authors
are correct in stating that "our convenience sampling method is the
main threat to the external validity of the study." More than a
threat, this limitation destroys any credibility to their conclusion.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-1-jbk0106
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-1-jbk0106
ER  -