The statistical importance of a study for a network meta-analysis estimate

The statistical importance of a study for a network meta-analysis estimate

Abstract Background In pairwise meta-analysis, the contribution of each study to the pooled estimate is given by its weight, which is based on the inverse variance of the estimate from that study. For network meta-analysis (NMA), the contribution of direct (and indirect) evidence is easily obtained...

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Main Authors: Gerta Rücker, Adriani Nikolakopoulou, Theodoros Papakonstantinou, Georgia Salanti, Richard D. Riley, Guido Schwarzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Network meta-analysis
Study weight
Study contribution
Study importance
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-020-01075-y

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