Goodness of fit tools for dose–response meta-analysis of binary outcomes

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 149-160

  Discacciati, Andrea ^a   Crippa, Alessio ^a   Orsini, Nicola ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

binary outcomes; coefficient of determination; deviance; dose response meta analysis; goodness of fit; visual assessment

Indexed keywords

DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85020690569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1194     Document Type: Article

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