Trim and fill: A simple funnel-plot-based method of testing and adjusting for publication bias in meta-analysis

Biometrics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 455-463

  Duval, Sue ^a   Tweedie, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data augmentation; File drawer problem; Funnel plots; IQ; Malaria; Meta analysis; Missing studies; Publication bias

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033934949     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2000.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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