The Dilemma of Heterogeneity Tests in Meta-Analysis: A Challenge from a Simulation Study

INTRODUCTION: After several decades’ development, meta-analysis has become the pillar of evidence-based medicine. However, heterogeneity is still the threat to the validity and quality of such studies. Currently, Q and its descendant I(2) (I square) tests are widely used as the tools for heterogenei...

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Autores principales: Li, Shi-jun, Jiang, Hua, Yang, Hao, Chen, Wei, Peng, Jin, Sun, Ming-wei, Lu, Charles Damien, Peng, Xi, Zeng, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127538

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127538

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