Accounting for heterogeneity in meta-analysis using a multiplicative model—an empirical study

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 43-52

  Mawdsley, David ^a,b   Higgins, Julian P T ^a   Sutton, Alex J ^b   Abrams, Keith R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cochrane; fixed effect; heterogeneity; meta analysis; random effects

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PUBLICATION BIAS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84973349187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1216     Document Type: Article

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