title: Statistics commentary series: commentary #6--are trial participants representative of "real" patients?
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton; and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Streiner
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018579:Patient Selection; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data