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A re-evaluation of random-effects meta-analysis

Meta-analysis in the presence of unexplained heterogeneity is frequently undertaken by using a random-effects model, in which the effects underlying different studies are assumed to be drawn from a normal distribution. Here we discuss the justification and interpretation of such models, by addressin...

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Autores principales: Higgins, Julian P T, Thompson, Simon G, Spiegelhalter, David J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19381330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-985X.2008.00552.x