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The Most Important Thing You Need to Know About Meta-Analyses.

The article provides understanding of the most important information that clinicians need to know about meta-analyses. Topics discussed are dispersion of true effects of size and dispersion secondary to sampling error, equation for the prediction interval and its use in the practice of clinical medi...

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Published in:Psychiatric Times Vol. 39; no. 10; pp. 34 - 37
Main Author: Moore, Randall F.
Format: Article
Published: MJH Life Sciences Oct2022
Subjects:
Inferential statistics
Meta-analysis
Confidence intervals
Effect sizes (Statistics)
Systematic reviews
Sampling errors
Decision making in clinical medicine
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article provides understanding of the most important information that clinicians need to know about meta-analyses. Topics discussed are dispersion of true effects of size and dispersion secondary to sampling error, equation for the prediction interval and its use in the practice of clinical medicine as well as in choosing among treatments, and distinction of prediction from confidence interval.