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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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BioMed Central
2008
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| 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 |