An overview of statistical issues and methods of meta-analysis.
A meta-analysis is a statistical analysis of the data from some collection of studies in order to synthesize the results. In this paper we discuss issues that frequently arise in meta-analysis and give an overview of the methods used, with particular attention to the use of fixed- and random-effects approaches. The methods are then applied to two sample datasets.
Schmid
J E
JE
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7400.
Koch
G G
GG
LaVange
L M
LM
D001702:Biopharmaceutics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic