Undue reliance on I(2 )in assessing heterogeneity may mislead

BACKGROUND: The heterogeneity statistic I(2), interpreted as the percentage of variability due to heterogeneity between studies rather than sampling error, depends on precision, that is, the size of the studies included. METHODS: Based on a real meta-analysis, we simulate artificially 'inflatin...

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Autores principales: Rücker, Gerta, Schwarzer, Guido, Carpenter, James R, Schumacher, Martin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2648991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19036172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-8-79

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2648991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19036172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-8-79

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