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Meta Analysis: a guide to calibrating and combining statistical evidence By Elena Kulinskaya <http://coltrane.wiley.com/db/n_author.pl?author=163600&isbn=0470028645> , Stephan Morgenthaler <http://coltrane.wiley.com/db/n_author.pl?author=3451&isbn=0470028645> & Robert G. Staudte <http://coltrane.wiley.com/db/n_author.pl?author=2006&isbn=0470028645> Wiley, February 2008 ISBN: 978-0-470-02864-3 Paperback 282 pages An approach to meta analysis and to statistical evidence developed in this book is based on variance stabilisation. The results from different studies are transformed to a common calibration scale, where it is simpler to combine and interpret them. The book is comprised of two parts - The Handbook, and The Theory. The Handbook is a guide for combining and interpreting experimental evidence to solve standard statistical problems. This section allows someone with a rudimentary knowledge in general statistics to apply the methods. The Theory provides the motivation, theory and results of simulation experiments to justify the methodology. The book is accompanied by the website with the suite of R functions. The book is described at http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470028645.html <http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470028645.html>