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the humour on this list gets worse and worse. as the main CAT nipper author is away I will try and reply on his behalf. I'm aware we should not advertise on the list so this reply is rather short. catnipper gives you 9 lives. then you buy it. ask [log in to unmask] for more info. we need to continue developing the software (including economic analysis etc as well as dealing with the comments below) hence we need some revenue to pay software writers. As it comes from the Centre we won't be making a profit on it. martin Dr Martin Dawes Director Centre for Evidence Based Medicine University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine John Radcliffe Hospital OXFORD OX3 9DU ----- Original Message ----- From: A.Booth <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 9:59 AM Subject: Calling a spayed a spayed? > I'm not sure about this idea of the "CAT snipper". Presumably this > refers to the limited version of the software that prevents production > of too many CATs :-) > > But I don't want to hurt anybody's felines! > > Andrew > > > > I've been playing withthe CAT snipper also, and I am getting some > > negative RRR. What would be their interpretation?. I know that RRR = 0 > > is null effect and RRR= 1 is cure. > > > > Can somebody explain what exactly is meant with " intention to > > > treat" which can be found in the Cat Nipper Thanks and with best > > > regards, > > Andrew Booth BA MSc Dip Lib ALA > Director of Information Resources and > Senior Lecturer - Evidence Based Healthcare Information. > School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR) > Regent Court > 30 Regent Street > SHEFFIELD > S1 4DA > Tel: 0114 222 5420 or 5214 Fax: 0114 272 4095 > The author of Netting the Evidence: > http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting.html > and Trawling the Net: > http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/trawling.html > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%