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gold standard  

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  • Used loosely to mean the best, state-of-the-art methods for research problems. Perhaps most often used to refer to ∗randomized clinical trials. [Source: Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology; Gold Standard]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-XTP266L4-F

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