Meta-Analysis - Resolving the doctor′s dillemma?
Clinical trials often yield inconclusive or inconsistent results because of their small sample size leading to the proverbial "Doctor′s Dilemma." Against this backdrop, the rapidly evolving statistical tool of meta-analysis has been discussed. The steps of meta-analysis have been enumerate...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Industrial Psychiatry Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2008;volume=17;issue=1;spage=59;epage=63;aulast=Pandve |
| Summary: | Clinical trials often yield inconclusive or inconsistent results because of their small sample size leading to the proverbial "Doctor′s Dilemma." Against this backdrop, the rapidly evolving statistical tool of meta-analysis has been discussed. The steps of meta-analysis have been enumerated sparing statistical details as far as possible. The advantages as well as the pitfalls of meta-analysis have been reviewed together with some ways of overcoming them. |
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| ISSN: | 0972-6748 |