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Verde, Pablo E.; Ohmann, Christian – Research Synthesis Methods, 2015
Researchers may have multiple motivations for combining disparate pieces of evidence in a meta-analysis, such as generalizing experimental results or increasing the power to detect an effect that a single study is not able to detect. However, while in meta-analysis, the main question may be simple, the structure of evidence available to answer it…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Bayesian Statistics, Comparative Analysis, Evidence
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Veroniki, Areti Angeliki; Pavlides, Marios; Patsopoulos, Nikolaos A.; Salanti, Georgia – Research Synthesis Methods, 2013
A problem that is frequently encountered during the systematic review process is when studies that meet the inclusion criteria do not provide the appropriate numerical estimates to include in a meta-analysis. For dichotomous outcomes, a method has been suggested by Di Pietrantonj for reconstructing the 2 × 2 table when the Odds Ratio…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Tables (Data), Statistical Analysis, Error of Measurement
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Norris, Susan L.; Moher, David; Reeves, Barnaby C.; Shea, Beverley; Loke, Yoon; Garner, Sarah; Anderson, Laurie; Tugwell, Peter; Wells, George – Research Synthesis Methods, 2013
Background: Selective outcome and analysis reporting (SOR and SAR) occur when only a subset of outcomes measured and analyzed in a study is fully reported, and are an important source of potential bias. Key methodological issues: We describe what is known about the prevalence and effects of SOR and SAR in both randomized controlled trials (RCTs)…
Descriptors: Health Services, Intervention, Outcomes of Treatment, Research Methodology