Background information for meta-analysis evaluation, Info 00-Info 06
Year: 2018
Type: preprint
Abstract: Massive numbers of meta-analysis studies are being published. A Google Scholar search of -systematic review and meta-analysis- returns about 1.8 million hits, July 2018. There is a need to have some way to judge the reliability of a positive claim made in a meta-analysis that uses observational studies. Our idea is to examine the quality of the observational studies used in the meta-analysis and to examine the heterogeneity of those studies. We provide background information and examples: a listing of negative studies, a simulation of p-value plots, and three examples of p-value plots.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: S. Stanley Young, Warren B. Kindzierski
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2887938483