Meta-analytic methods for public health research

Yan Ma; Wei Zhang; Ding Geng Chen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-18536-1_15

Meta-analytic methods for public health research

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This chapter presents an overview on meta-analysis (MA) intended for public health researchers to understand and to apply the methods of MA. Emphasis is focused on classical statistical methods for estimation of the parameters of interest in MA as well as recent development in research in MA. Specifically, univariate and multivariate fixed- and random-effects MAs, as well as meta-regression are discussed. All methods are illustrated by examples of publishedMA in public health research.We demonstrate how these approaches can be implemented using software packages in R.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Innovative Statistical Methods for Public Health Data
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	325-340
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319185361
ISBN (Print)	9783319185354
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18536-1_15
State	Published - Aug 31 2015
Externally published	Yes

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General Medicine

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