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Babic, Andrija; Poklepovic Pericic, Tina; Pieper, Dawid; Puljak, Livia – Research Synthesis Methods, 2020
Background: It is challenging to keep systematic reviews (SR) current and updated. Cochrane designated some of its SRs as "stable," that is, not in need of updating. The issue of stabilizing an SR is an important in research synthesis, because it could help reduce research waste. The aim of this study was to analyze publicly available…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Research Problems, Synthesis, Evidence
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Bender, Ralf; Friede, Tim; Koch, Armin; Kuss, Oliver; Schlattmann, Peter; Schwarzer, Guido; Skipka, Guido – Research Synthesis Methods, 2018
In systematic reviews, meta-analyses are routinely applied to summarize the results of the relevant studies for a specific research question. If one can assume that in all studies the same true effect is estimated, the application of a meta-analysis with common effect (commonly referred to as fixed-effect meta-analysis) is adequate. If…
Descriptors: Evidence, Synthesis, Meta Analysis, Research Problems