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Predictive distributions were developed for the extent of heterogeneity in meta-analyses of continuous outcome data

OBJECTIVES: Estimation of between-study heterogeneity is problematic in small meta-analyses. Bayesian meta-analysis is beneficial because it allows incorporation of external evidence on heterogeneity. To facilitate this, we provide empirical evidence on the likely heterogeneity between studies in me...

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Autores principales: Rhodes, Kirsty M., Turner, Rebecca M., Higgins, Julian P.T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25304503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.08.012