Pitfalls of meta-analysis.

Pitfalls of meta-analysis.

Meta-analysis: pitfalls and hints

The present work is an overview of the main pitfalls which may occur when a researcher performs a meta-analysis. The main goal is to help clinicians evaluate published research results. Organizing and carrying out a meta-analysis is hard work, but the findings can be significant. Meta-analysis is a powerful tool to cumulate and summarize the knowledge in a research field, and to identify the ov...

Strengths and Pitfalls of Meta-Analysis Reports in Vesicoureteral Reflux

There are many ongoing controversies surrounding vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). These include variable aspects of this common congenital anomaly. Lack of evidence-based recommendations has prolonged the debate. Systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analysis (MA) are considered high-level evidence. The purpose of this review article is to summarize and critically appraise the available SR/MA pertainin...

Avoiding pitfalls in gene (co)expression meta-analysis.

Differential gene expression analysis between healthy and diseased groups is a widely used approach to understand the molecular underpinnings of disease. A wide variety of experimental and bioinformatics techniques are available for this type of analysis, yet their impact on the reliability of the results has not been systematically studied. We performed a large scale comparative analysis of cl...

the effectiveness of strategy-based instruction in teaching english as a second or foreign language: a meta-analysis of experimental studies

a large number of single research studies on the effects of strategy-based instruction (sbi) in teaching english as a foreign or second language has been conducted so far. however, the lack of a comprehensive meta-analysis targeting the effectiveness of english language sbi is observed. moreover, the findings of experimental studies regarding the context of the english language, proficiency lev...