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A look at the statistical overview (or meta-analysis)

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London - 1 Apr 1993

West R R

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In essence, the statistical overview (or meta-analysis) does little more than many medical scientists and practising clinicians have been attempting for years: estimating the average size of an effect from an apparently disparate medical literature. The statistical overview provides a method of pooling the results of comparable trials (or observational studies) which, on their own, may be too small to demonstrate...

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