Estimating required information size by quantifying diversity in random-effects model meta-analyses
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is increasing awareness that meta-analyses require a sufficiently large information size to detect or reject an anticipated intervention effect. The required information size in a meta-analysis may be calculated from an anticip...
Main Authors: | Gluud Christian, Brok Jesper, Thorlund Kristian, Wetterslev Jørn |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-12-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/9/86 |
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