1471-2288-3-23 1471-2288 Correction <p>Correction: The transitive fallacy for randomized trials: If A bests B and B bests C in separate trials, is A better than C?</p> Baker G Stuart sb16i@nih.gov Kramer S Barnett KramerB@OD.NIH.GOV

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Dr. Carlos Campillo, Hospital Universitario Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, kindly pointed out that in the paragraph prior to the conclusion, it should read "Figure 3" instead of "Figure 2" and that in the last two sentences of that paragraph, it should read "gram-positive" instead of "gram-negative" 1.

 <p>The transitive fallacy for randomized trials: If A bests B and B bests C in separate trials, is A better than C?</p> Baker SG Kramer BS BMC Med Res Methodol 2002 2 13 137603 12429069 10.1186/1471-2288-2-13

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