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Meta-analysis models relaxing the random effects normality assumption: methodological systematic review and simulation study

2025-04-15

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold> Random effects meta-analysis is widely used for synthesizing the studies of a systematic review assuming a normal between-study distribution. However, this assumption might not always be plausible. Alternative options have been suggested but not used in published meta-analyses. <bold>Methods</bold> We conducted a systematic review to identify articles that propos...

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Literature Corpus work: 1da31879-07d3-5f66-8313-49fcb78655ba
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5722159/v1

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