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Veroniki, Areti Angeliki; Jackson, Dan; Bender, Ralf; Kuss, Oliver; Langan, Dean; Higgins, Julian P. T.; Knapp, Guido; Salanti, Georgia – Research Synthesis Methods, 2019
Meta-analyses are an important tool within systematic reviews to estimate the overall effect size and its confidence interval for an outcome of interest. If heterogeneity between the results of the relevant studies is anticipated, then a random-effects model is often preferred for analysis. In this model, a prediction interval for the true effect…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Effect Size, Simulation, Comparative Analysis