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Landan Zhang; Dan Jackson – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
A recent paper proposed an alternative weighting scheme when performing matching-adjusted indirect comparisons. This alternative approach follows the conventional one in matching the covariate means across two studies but differs in that it maximizes the effective sample size when doing so. The appendix of this paper showed, assuming there is one…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Medical Research, Sample Size, Research Methodology
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Andres Jung; Tobias Braun; Susan Armijo-Olivo; Dimitris Challoumas; Kerstin Luedtke – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
External validity is an important parameter that needs to be considered for decision making in health research, but no widely accepted measurement tool for the assessment of external validity of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) exists. One of the most limiting factors for creating such a tool is probably the substantial heterogeneity and lack…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Validity, Delphi Technique, Definitions