Plea for routinely presenting prediction intervals in meta-analysis

OBJECTIVES: Evaluating the variation in the strength of the effect across studies is a key feature of meta-analyses. This variability is reflected by measures like τ(2) or I(2), but their clinical interpretation is not straightforward. A prediction interval is less complicated: it presents the expec...

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Autores principales: IntHout, Joanna, Ioannidis, John P A, Rovers, Maroeska M, Goeman, Jelle J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Research Methods
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27406637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010247

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27406637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010247

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