Single data extraction generated more errors than double data extraction in systematic reviews

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 697-703

  Buscemi, Nina ^a   Hartling, Lisa ^a   Vandermeer, Ben ^a   Tjosvold, Lisa ^a   Klassen, Terry P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data extraction; Data handling error; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; ERROR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PILOT PROJECTS; REVIEW LITERATURE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME;

EID: 33744797104     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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