A simple method to correct for the design effect in systematic reviews of trials using paired dichotomous data

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 975-978

  Perera, Rafael ^a   Glasziou, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Bilateral data; Design effect; Dichotomous data; Systematic reviews; Unit of Analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TYMPANOMETRY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 34547586620     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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