title: A note on graphical presentation of estimated odds ratios from several clinical trials.
abstract: To display a number of estimates of a parameter obtained from different studies it is common practice to plot a sequence of confidence intervals. This can be useful but is often unsatisfactory. An alternative display is suggested which represents intervals as points on a bivariate graph, and which has advantages. When the data are estimates of odds ratios from studies with a binary response, it is argued that for either type of plot, a log scale should be used rather than a linear scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistical Science, University College London, U.K.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Galbraith
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D003626:Data Display; D011336:Probability; D013223:Statistics as Topic