Empirical evaluation showed that the Copas selection model provided a useful summary in 80% of meta-analyses

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Carpenter, James R ^a,b,c   Schwarzer, Guido ^a   Rücker, Gerta ^a   Künstler, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copas selection model; Empirical evaluation; Meta analysis; Publication bias; Small study effects; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COPAS SELECTION MODEL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 65349121882     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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