Network-meta analysis made easy: Detection of inconsistency using factorial analysis-of-variance models

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Piepho, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Baseline contrast; Heterogeneity; Inconsistency; Linear mixed model; Network meta analysis; Pairwise treatment contrast; PRESS residual; Studentized residual

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84902370968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-61     Document Type: Article

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