An overview of statistical issues and methods of meta-analysis
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics
- Vol. 1 (1), 103-120
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10543409108835008
Abstract
A meta-analysis is a statistical analysis of the data from some collection of studies in order to synthesize the results. In this paper we discuss issues that frequently arise in meta-analysis and give an overview of the methods used, with particular attention to the use of fixed- and random-effects approaches. The methods are then applied to two sample datasets.Keywords
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