Meta-analysis, funnel plots and sensitivity analysis
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Meta-analysis, funnel plots and sensitivity analysis.
Publication bias is a major problem, perhaps the major problem, in meta-analysis (or systematic reviews). Small studies are more likely to be published if their results are 'significant' than if their results are negative or inconclusive, and so the studies available for review are biased in favour of those with positive outcomes. Correcting for this bias is not possible without making untestab...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biostatistics
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1465-4644,1468-4357
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/1.3.247