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Quantifying the risk of error when interpreting funnel plots

BACKGROUND: Funnel plots are widely used to investigate possible publication bias in meta-analyses. There has, however, been little formal assessment of whether a visual inspection of a funnel plot is sufficient to identify publication bias. METHODS: Visual assessment of bias in a funnel plot is qua...

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Autor principal: Simmonds, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4460648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25875027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-015-0004-8