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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |