Comparison of statistical inferences from the DerSimonian–Laird and alternative random-effects model meta-analyses – an empirical assessment of 920 Cochrane primary outcome meta-analyses

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 238-253

  Thorlund, Kristian ^a,b   Wetterslev, Jørn ^a   Awad, Tahany ^c   Thabane, Lehana ^a,d   Gluud, Christian ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c Cochrane Hepato Biliary Group ^*  (Denmark)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

between trial variance estimator; heterogeneity; inferences; random effects meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899486551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.53     Document Type: Article

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