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DATABASE SEARCH RESULTS :
META-ANALYSIS :
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS :
BIBLIOGRAPHY :
WEBLIOGRAPHY :
RESEARCH GUIDES :
SUBJECT GUIDES:
Resources for Systematic Reviews and the Meta-Analysis
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Meta-Analysis and Systematic Reviews
https://sites.google.com/site/metaanalysissystematicreviews/
Google
http://tinyurl.com/npefw4d
Google Scholar
http://tinyurl.com/nusnxqs
Penn State Summon Search
https://tinyurl.com/yca8cl8w
Trip Medical Database
https://tinyurl.com/ybjdxlhm
Google Domain Limited Web Search (PUBMED)
https://tinyurl.com/ya5cnz3x
Google Domain Limited Web Search (SCIENCEDIRECT)
https://tinyurl.com/y92du4qj
Google Domain Limited Web Search (NCJRS)
https://tinyurl.com/ydy95mun
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Google Domain Limited Web Search (COMPUTER SCIENCE)
https://tinyurl.com/y8uyxsem
Google Domain Limited Web Search (INFORMATION SCIENCE)
https://tinyurl.com/ydxpp2fn
Google Domain Limited Web Search (GOV)
https://tinyurl.com/yancnqnz
How to Produce a Systematic Review or a Meta Analysis
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Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: A Step-By-Step Guide
Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemology
http://www.ccace.ed.ac.uk/research/software-resources/systematic-reviews-and-meta-analyses
A systematic review answers a defined research question by collecting and
summarising all empirical evidence that fits pre-specified eligibility
criteria.
A meta-analysis is the use of statistical methods to summarise the results
of these studies.
Step 1: Why do a systematic review?
http://tinyurl.com/lq7c45f
Step 2: Who will be involved?
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Step 3: Formulate the problem. Has it been done before?
Registering your review.
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Step 4: Perform your search.
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Step 5: Data extraction.
http://tinyurl.com/ma2og79
Step 6: Critical appraisal of studies (quality assessment).
http://tinyurl.com/ld5wlff
Step 7 Data synthesis.
http://tinyurl.com/lqruh3u
Step 8: Presenting results (writing the report).
http://tinyurl.com/pbs5jq8
Step 9: Archiving and updating.
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Useful Resourses:
http://tinyurl.com/oq5x7p3
Useful Lectures:
Lecture 1: Introduction to systematic reviews
http://tinyurl.com/ohf2u9p
Lecture 2: Systematic literature searching
http://tinyurl.com/pyuj2sh
Lecture 3: Systematic review hints and tips
http://tinyurl.com/nz23go4
Lecture 3: Introduction to meta-analysis
http://tinyurl.com/popq28c
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Meta-analysis
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-analysis
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In statistics, meta-analysis comprises statistical methods for contrasting
and combining results from different studies in the hope of identifying
patterns among study results, sources of disagreement among those results,
or other interesting relationships that may come to light in the context
of multiple studies.[1] Meta-analysis can be thought of as "conducting
research about previous research." In its simplest form, meta-analysis is
done by identifying a common statistical measure that is shared between
studies, such as effect size or p-value, and calculating a weighted
average of that common measure. This weighting is usually related to the
sample sizes of the individual studies, although it can also include other
factors, such as study quality.
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The motivation of a meta-analysis is to aggregate information in order to
achieve a higher statistical power for the measure of interest, as opposed
to a less precise measure derived from a single study. In performing a
meta-analysis, an investigator must make choices many of which can affect
its results, including deciding how to search for studies, selecting
studies based on a set of objective criteria, dealing with incomplete
data, analyzing the data, and accounting for or choosing not to account
for publication bias. [2]
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Meta-analyses are often, but not always, important components of a
systematic review procedure. For instance, a meta-analysis may be
conducted on several clinical trials of a medical treatment, in an effort
to obtain a better understanding of how well the treatment works. Here it
is convenient to follow the terminology used by the Cochrane
Collaboration,[3] and use "meta-analysis" to refer to statistical methods
of combining evidence, leaving other aspects of 'research synthesis' or
'evidence synthesis', such as combining information from qualitative
studies, for the more general context of systematic reviews.
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Contents
1 History
2 Advantages
3 Pitfalls
3.1 Publication bias: the file drawer problem
3.2 Agenda-driven bias
4 Steps in a meta-analysis
5 Methods and assumptions
5.1 Approaches
5.2 Statistical models
5.2.1 Fixed effects model
5.2.2 Random effects model
5.2.3 Quality effects model
5.2.4 IVhet model
6 Applications in modern science
7 See also
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
10.1 Software
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Systematic Review Methods
The Community Guide
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/about/methods.html
What is a systematic review?
A systematic review is a review of scientific studies on a specific topic.
It uses a formal process to:
Identify all relevant studies
Assess their quality
Summarize the evidence
Why do a systematic review?
Systematic reviews help make sense of large bodies of scientific
literature by applying the scientific process to:
Reduce bias in how conclusions are reached
Improve the power and precision of results
Summarize evidence about the effectiveness of particular approaches for
addressing a public health problem
Analyze generalizability of findings
Identify knowledge gaps and need for additional research
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